Faculty Member
David N. Fisman MD (Western Ontario), MPH (Harvard)
- Email Address(es)
- david.fisman(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- Email me.
- Office Address
- Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health 155 College Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M7
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Epidemiology Division
Institute for Pandemics - Position
- Professor
- SGS Status
- Full Member
- Appointment Status
- Tenured
- Currently Accepting Doctoral Students?
- Yes
Research Interests
- Epidemiology of infectious diseases
- Mathematical modeling and simulation
- Decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis
- History of infectious diseases
I have a number of active projects and prospective PhD students are encouraged to ask about potential available projects. I am no longer able to supervise students who wish to work on research topics outside my areas of focus.
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
- On sabbatical (2023-2024), visiting colleagues and mentors at the Yale University Public Health Modeling Unit (https://ysph.yale.edu/school-of-public-health-faculty/public-health-modeling/).
- Teaching assignments upon return TBD.
Professional Summary & Appointments
I am a Professor in the Division of Epidemiology. I am a Full Member of the School of Graduate Studies, and co-lead the Readiness Stream at the University of Toronto Institute for Pandemics with Prof. Jeffrey Siegel (https://civmin.utoronto.ca/home/about-us/directory/professors/jeffrey-siegel/).
Honours & Awards
- 2020 Maclean’s Magazine Power List
- 2022 Laureate Award, Ontario Chapter, American College of Physicians
- 2022 Citizenship Award, University of Toronto Faculty Association
- 2019 John Hastings Award for Excellence in Service to the University and the Community. Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Current Research Projects
- Current work is focussed on epidemiology and modeling of infectious diseases, with a focus on respiratory viruses, pathogen-pathogen interactions, emerging infections, and attributable fractions.
- I am increasingly interested in the interface between epidemiology and engineering for prevention of airborne infections like SARS-CoV-2 and influenza.
Representative Publications
- It’s hard to keep this list up to date. Please see https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%22fisman+d%22&sort=date.