Research Interests: Epidemiologic methods, applied biostatistics, Population and public health, Population-based risk tools to support public health planning, Social determinants of health, Premature mortality, Diabetes and obesity, Public health policy
Laura Rosella, PhD, MHSc, is the Principal Investigator and Scientific Director of the Population Health Analytics Lab. She is an Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Faculty Member in the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and holds scientific appointments at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Public Health Ontario (PHO). She also holds a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Analytics. Her research interests include population health, population based risk tools to support public health planning, and public health policy. She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of public health, public health policy, and health services research. She has been awarded several national grants and was recently awarded a CIHR Foundation scheme grant in support of her population health analytics research program. Notably, Dr. Rosella was recently awarded the Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiology Award by the Society for Epidemiologic Research and was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. Her research has been featured by Forbes, Newsweek, Reuters, CBC, CTV, The Globe and Mail, and The Toronto Star.
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