
Scientific Advising Committee
Dr Huaiping Zhu -Director (York University), Dr. Hélène Carabin – Co-Director (University of Montreal), Dr. Mark Lewis – Co-Director (University of Victoria).
HQP Organizing Committee
Dr. Weldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima, Chair (York University), Dr. Joseph Baafi (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador), Sanaz Gholizadeh (York University), Nolan Holder, Program Manager (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), faculty members and EIDM network affiliates to present their research, promote their ideas, share their research experiences, and establish connections among the various branches of the network. It is a platform to spread scientific knowledge about the One Health research framework and showcase the research progress of the 30+ OMNI-RÉUNIS HQPs within the network’s scientific research community. These seminars facilitate knowledge exchange within OMNI-RÉUNIS, the Emerging Infectious Disease Modelling (EIDM) networks, and the collaborating scientific community.
Upcoming Lectures
Thank you for joining our Super Spreader Seminar Series! You will find details for the upcoming lectures below.
Past Lectures

Seminar 28: Community-Based Approach To One Health: AI For Community-Based early Detection Of Zoonotic Diseases
Date | Time: January 30, 2025 | 10:30-11:30 EST
Speaker: Dr. Gelan Ayana

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


