/spgh/taxonomy/term/128/all en /spgh/channels/news/charity-and-good-intentions-will-not-end-covid-19-pandemic-forbes-september-23-2021-333674 <p>Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Global Health Programs Director, authored a recent Forbes opinion piece.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"Yesterday, President Joe Biden convened heads of state and leaders from diverse organizations for the Global COVID-19 Summit. A key target announced was to vaccinate at least 70% of the world’s population by this time next year. But experts and advocates argue that this target will not be met purely with good intentions, pledges and vaccine donations."</p> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:36:58 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 959 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/mcgill-must-do-more-prevent-covid-outbreaks-campus-globe-and-mail-september-21-2021-333543 <p>Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) co-authored an opinion piece in the <em>Globe and Mail.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px"><em>"</em>When you look at Canada’s biggest universities, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº is an outlier. The Montreal university has some of the weakest measures for preventing transmission of COVID-19."</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-mcgill-must-do-more-to-prevent-covid-outbreaks-on-campus/" target="_blank"><em>Read the full piece</em></a></p> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:34:25 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 928 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/canadas-third-dose-conundrum-cbc-radio-september-19-2021-333526 <p>Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Global Health Programs Director, spoke with CBC Radio.</p> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:43:57 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 927 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/race-get-people-vaccinated-ctv-news-september-14-2021-333369 <p>Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, spoke with CTV news</p> <p><a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2281510" target="_blank"><em>Listen to the interview</em></a></p> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:05:23 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 922 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/some-shelter-users-yellowknife-were-offered-20-get-vaccine-was-ethical-cbc-september-15-2021-333368 <p>Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by CBC.</p> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:47:54 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 921 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/advisory-body-recommends-3rd-covid-19-vaccine-dose-some-immunocompromised-canadians-cbc-september-10-333280 <p>Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts quoted by CBC.</p> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 22:06:45 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 912 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/science-alone-cant-heal-sick-society-new-york-times-september-10-2021-333253 <p>Professor Jay Kaufman, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health authored a recent <em>New York Times</em> opinion piece.</p> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 21:54:06 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 911 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/why-rushing-covid-19-booster-shots-everyone-could-do-more-harm-good-cbc-september-4-2021-333130 <p>Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts interviewed by CBC.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"…"Allowing 3.5 billion people to remain unvaccinated is a recipe for unmitigated disaster because worse and worse variants will emerge — not to speak of the millions of people who will die," said Dr. Madhukar Pai, a professor of epidemiology and global health at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº in Montreal."</p> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 21:33:34 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 903 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/back-school-faqs-childrens-health-covid-19-delta-variant-preventing-infection-testing-and-333021 <p>Professor Jay Kaufman, of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is among the authors of a recent piece on <em>The Conversation </em>web platform.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"This fall, we once again start a school year during a pandemic. While we have learned many important facts about COVID-19 and how to limit its spread, the circulation of new variants of concern and more specifically of the Delta variant raise questions about sending children to school."</p> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:48:35 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 896 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/how-many-lives-did-canadas-covid-19-alert-app-save-new-study-did-math-toronto-star-august-24-2021-332876 <p>Dr. Erica Moodie, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, discusses a recent study she contributed to with the <em>Toronto Star</em>.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"An independent analysis of the federal government’s COVID Alert smartphone app concludes that over five months it reduced the number of cases in Canada by between 6,284 and 10,894 — and saved between 57 and 101 lives — but that few Canadians actually used it."</p> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:31:55 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 880 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/faculty-groups-mcgill-university-call-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-global-news-august-20-2021-332875 <p>Dr. Nicole Basta, Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is quoted by Global News.</p> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:22:05 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 879 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/quebec-reports-759-new-covid-19-cases-deaths-and-hospitalizations-stable-globe-and-mail-august-9-332742 <p>Dr. Nicole Basta, Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is interviewed by the Globe and Mail.</p> Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:08:49 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 871 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/covid-19-cases-rise-quebec-experts-predict-fewer-deaths-and-hospitalizations-globe-and-mail-august-332874 <p>Dr. David Buckeridge, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is among the experts quoted by the Globe and Mail.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"New COVID-19 cases are rising in Quebec, but unlike during previous waves of the novel coronavirus, the level of vaccination in the province should lead to significantly fewer hospitalizations."</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-quebec-reports-527-new-covid-19-cases/" target="_blank"><em>Read the full article</em></a></p> <p style="margin-left:40px"> </p> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:15:37 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 878 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/should-be-seen-justice-issue-many-countries-struggling-get-covid-19-vaccines-ctv-news-august-19-2021-332873 <p>Dr. Catherine Hankins, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and co-chair of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force is among the experts quoted by CTV News.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"While some wealthy nations prepare to launch third doses of COVID-19 vaccines to further protect their populations, the rest of the world is still largely unvaccinated, with soaring death rates despite record numbers of vials being produced."</p> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:11:28 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 877 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/clearer-data-needed-quebecs-covid-19-numbers-expert-montreal-gazette-august-19-2021-332827 <p>Dr. David Buckeridge, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health spoke with the <em>Montreal Gazette.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"More than one-quarter of Quebecers who were hospitalized with severe COVID-19 over the past month were people who had been fully vaccinated, the government reported on Wednesday in its latest chart on the situation in the province."</p> <p><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/clearer-data-needed-on-quebecs-covid-19-numbers-expert" target="_blank"><em>Read the full article</em></a></p> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:26:16 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 875 at /spgh