Institution

Université de Montréal

Based in

Canada , Saint-Hyacinthe

Languages

English French

Short Bio

Dr. Hélène Carabin (DVM, MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology, PhD in “human” Epidemiology and Biostatistics) is a Full Professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the School of Public Health of the Université de Montréal in Canada. She holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and One Health. Her research programme focuses on the implementation of large-scale studies and intervention to better understand risk factors and burden of infectious diseases and to evaluate control programmes, with an emphasis on zoonoses and diseases affecting the most vulnerable populations. Her research projects typically adopt a One Health approach and incorporate aspects of health and social sciences. She plays key roles in several pan-Canadian networks and associations which promote the use of One Health to improve the governance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (Global 1HN), in modelling emerging infections (OMNI-RÉUNIS) or understand emerging zoonoses. She leads the Research group on the epidemiology of zoonoses and public health (GREZOSP) and is a Commissioner on the One Health Lancet Commission. She has published more than 150 peer-reviewed research articles and 10 book chapters.

Other Expertise

One Health Zoonoses Epidemiology NTD Global Health

Speaker Level

Keynote speaker