
HQP Organizing Committee
Dr. Joseph Baafi (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador), Dr. Suzan Farhang Sardroodi (University of Manitoba), Dr. Shivdeep Singh Hayer (University of Guelph), Dr. Jeta Molla (York University), Dr. Pei Yuan (York University), and IT support by Steven Chen (York University)
The OMNI-RÉUNIS Super Spreader Seminar Series (SSSS) encourages Highly Qualified Personnel (HQPs, including postdocs, and graduate students), to present their research, promote their ideas, share their research experience, and establish connections among the various branches of the network. It is a platform to spread scientific knowledge about One Health research framework and showcase research progress of the 30+ OMNI-RÉUNIS HQPs within the network’s scientific research community. This bi-weekly seminar will be beneficial for knowledge transfer among OMNI-RÉUNIS and the Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling (EIDM) networks and collaborating scientific community.
Upcoming Lectures
Thank you for joining our Super Spreader Seminar Series! Your participation and support mean a lot to us. We’re thrilled to share that we’ll return in fall 2023! So stay tuned for updates!
Past Lectures

Seminar 12: Digital Disease Surveillance System Using the Internet and Social Media Data for Covid-19 Forecasting in Canada
Speaker: Dr. Yang (Rena) Yang
Date | Time: May 11, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 EST

Seminar 11: Mathematical Modelling to Identify Optimal Dosing Schedules From Chemotherapy to Covid-19 Vaccines
Speaker: Dr. Suzan Farhang Sardroodi
Date | Time: April 20, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 EST

Seminar 10: Incorporating Fear (Un)learning Mechanisms in Infectious Disease Modeling
Speaker: Avneet Kaur
Date | Time: April 6, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 EST

Seminar 9: Changes in Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria Collected From Pigs in North America
Speaker: Dr. Shivdeep Hayer
Date | Time: March 23, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 EDT

Seminar 8: Introducing Sampy: A New Python Library for Agent-based Modeling in the Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases
Speaker: Dr. Francois Viard
Date | Time: March 9, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 EST

Seminar 7: Evaluating Diagnostic Tests
Speaker: Kamal Acharya
Date | Time: February 16, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 EST

Seminar 6: Using empirical estimates of live poultry exposure to model potential risk of avian influenza spillover events in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Speaker: Isha Berry
Date | Time: February 2, 2023 | 11:00-12:00 EST

Seminar 5: An investigation into compliance with social distancing and vaccination for COVID-19
Speaker: Jeta Molla
Date | Time: December 15, 2022 | 11:00-12:00 EST


