Kate Zinszer
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École de santé publique - Département de médecine sociale et préventive
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Biography
Kate Zinszer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the Université de Montréal and a researcher with the Institute de Recherche en Santé Publique.Dr Zinszer studies the determinants of infectious disease emergence and risk using tools from epidemiology, public health, and informatics. She also evaluates public health interventions used for infectious diseases prevention and control. She obtained her PhD in epidemiology from McGill University with David Buckeridge as her supervisor and her postdoctorate training was at Harvard Medical School, with John Brownstein as her supervisor.
Affiliations
Education Programs
- Environment and Sustainable Development Fundamental and Applied Sciences Life Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences Life Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Social Sciences Health Sciences
- Social Sciences Health Sciences
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Environment and Sustainable Development Health Sciences
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Health Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences
- Administration and Management Sciences Health Sciences
- Social Sciences and Social Action Humanities Social Sciences
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Health Sciences Environment and Sustainable Development
- Life Sciences Social Sciences Health Sciences
Courses
- BIE7700 Séminaire de thèse
- MSO6500 Enjeux contemporains de santé mondiale
- MSO6601 Séminaire de recherche en santé des populations 1
- SPU7150 Séminaire de méthodes en épidémiologie
- SPU7250 Recherche en gestion et analyse des systèmes
- SPU7351 Séminaire de méthodes en promotion de la santé
- SPU7650 Rédaction d'un protocole de recherche
Expertises
- Epidemiology
- Global health
- Population health intervention assessment
- Public health
- Surveillance
- Quantitative methods
- Méthodes de recherche
- Climatic changes
- Environmental epidemiology
- Information systems
- Field Epidemiology (outbreak management)
- Randomized clinical trial
- Medical geography
- Public health practice
- Cohort studies
- Longitudinal studies
- Evaluation studies
- COVID-19
- COVID19
- Canada
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- South America
My interdisciplinary training allows me to use tools from epidemiology, public health, informatics, and statistics to untangle the causes, forecast future burdens, and evaluate intervention effectiveness of vector-borne diseases. I am also interested in climate change implications for vectorborne diseases. Specifically, my research is focused on malaria, arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya, Zika), and most recently, Lyme disease.
1. Evaluation of large-scale vector-borne disease interventions
I have been involved with evaluating the effectiveness of large-scale malaria interventions and programs including indoor residual spraying and universal bednet coverage in Uganda. I have recently begun to evaluate a community mobilization approach for arbovirus control in Fortaleza, Brazil with various partners.
2. Infectious disease forecasting and spatiotemporal modelling
I am interested in applying different forecasting methods and data streams for disease burden estimations, and most recently exploring machine learning methods. I also use spatiotemporal methods to understand the patterns of disease emergence, identifying at-risk locations and time periods, and disease determinants.
3. Estimating the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases (VBD)
Climate change will have important implications for future VBD and using different scenarios, we forecast future disease burdens using various methods. We also consider sociodemographic changes and intervention scenarios in our work.
4. Improving disease surveillance
I am involved with various malaria surveillance projects which aim to integrate fragmented data sources and improve data harmonization. Most recently, we are evaluating the biases in reported arboviral cases in the national surveillance system in Colombia.
Student supervision Expand all Collapse all
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Research projects Expand all Collapse all
Leveraging Guatemalan farmers’ existing organization around food sovereignty and agroecology for reducing risk of pesticide- and diet-related noncommunicable diseases Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2029
Getting a GRIP on Hypertension in Uganda: Giving Repetitive Isometric Exercise for Blood Pressure Control Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2028
Climate Resilience through Youth Engagement: A Participatory Approach Projet de recherche au Canada / 2024 - 2027
Observatoire pour l'Éducation et la Santé des Enfants (OPES) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2027
Maladies infectieuses émergentes et épidémiques : Comprendre leur épidémiologie, leurs tendances spatio-temporelles, et évaluer les interventions de contrôle et de prévention Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2026
Evaluating the implementation, the process of empowerment, and the influence of context on a community mobilization intervention to reduce dengue infections in Brazil Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2026
Evaluating, refining and bringing to scale the endogenous health-promoting attributes of alternative food networks to address diabetes mellitus and hypertension among Ecuadorian farmers Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2026
Sustainable, healthy cities: a cluster randomized controlled trial for Aedes control in Brazil Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2026
COVID-19 seroepidemiology in children Using Retrieved POPCORN site Leftover Samples (CURNLS) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2025
Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2025
Addressing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents and adolescents Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2025
CHOIR study: Children and Older Teens Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Montreal Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2025
Evaluating the implementation, the process of empowerment, and the influence of context on a community mobilization intervention to reduce dengue infections in Brazil Projet de recherche à l’international / 2020 - 2025
Identifying disease determinants and forecasting potential of co-circulating arboviruses Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2025
A National Research Network in Lyme Disease - Transfert Queen's University Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2025
EnCORE project (PHAC Arrangement #: 2021-HQ-000097 as part of the Sero Surveillance and Research CITF initiative; PI Kate Zinszer) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2024
A multi-country comparison of COVID-19 response: Planning, implementation, and health system resilience Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2024
Évaluation et mise à l'échelle de réseaux alimentaires alternatifs pour la lutte contre le diabète et l'hypertension en Équateur / Evaluating and bringing to scale alternative food networks to adress diabetes melitus and hypertension Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2024
Children, school personnel, and COVID-19: Seroprevalence study in Montréal Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2023
Changement climatique, migrations et santé dans les Antilles Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2023
Data sharing for enhances Aedes control Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2023
Children and School and Daycare staff: a COVID-19 Seroprevalence Study (EnCORE) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2022
Maladies vectorielles émergentes : Cibler les facteurs clés pour prévoir la propagation et l'évaluation des interventions pour le contrôle Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2022
Maladies vectorielles émergentes : Cibler les facteurs clés pour prévoir la propagation et l'évaluation des interventions pour le contrôle Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2022
A multi-country comparison of COVID-19 response: Planning, implementation, and health system resilience Projet de recherche à l’international / 2020 - 2021
COHESION - Une infrastructure de collecte et visualisation de données longitudinales pan-canadienne Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2021
Laboratoire sur la forêt urbaine pour la santé Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2021
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- Pour consultez les publications de Kate Zinszer : https://kzinszer.github.io/publications/
Additional Information
- 13-08-2018 Plus de 32 millions de dollars pour la recherche en santé à l’UdeM et à ses établissements affiliés
- 21-10-2019 Une subvention de deux millions pour le projet de recherche One Health Governance Network
- 02-03-2020 Diamond Princess : la quarantaine a nui, calculent des scientifiques
- 05-05-2020 Cinq continents contre un virus
- 23-05-2020 Quebec, Canada’s hardest-hit province, is also the most aggressive about reopening
- 03-08-2020 Impact de la COVID-19: partager l’expérience de la pandémie
- 20-10-2020 Suivre la COVID-19 chez les enfants
- 19-11-2020 COVID-19: 3 M$ pour des installations de recherche à l’UdeM
- 14-12-2020 Sondage: très peu d'enfants de Montréal ont eu la COVID-19
- 04-03-2021 Combien d'enseignants ont eu la COVID-19?
- 25-11-2021 Kate Zinszer et plusieurs étudiant(e)s de l'ESPUM publient un article sur la séroprévalence à la COVID-19
- 30-11-2021 Un jeune sur dix a déjà contracté la COVID-19 à Montréal-Nord
- 06-01-2022 Kate Zinszer et son équipe reçoivent un financement des IRSC pour leur étude sur la séroprévalence à la COVID 19
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