Faculty Member
Catharine Chambers PhD, MSc
- Email Address(es)
- catharine.chambers(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- 647-417-9797
- Office Address
- Public Health Ontario 661 University Ave., 17th floor Toronto, ON M5G 1M1
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Epidemiology Division
- Position
- Adjunct Lecturer
- SGS Status
- Associate (Restricted) Member
Research Interests
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Applied public health research
- Observational study designs
- Vaccine program evaluation
- Immunizations
- Vaccine-preventable diseases
Education & Training History
- PhD, Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
- MSc, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology (now the School of Population and Public Health), University of British Columbia
- BSc, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Bio
Dr. Catharine Chambers is an Applied Public Health Science Specialist at Public Health Ontario where she supports the Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee and provides scientific and technical advice on vaccines and immunization programs. She holds an academic appointment as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She completed a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto and a MSc in Health Care and Epidemiology from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Chambers has over 15 years’ of applied public health experience working at academic research institutes and government public health agencies. Her research program uses observational epidemiology methods to evaluate immunization programs, with a focus on understanding vaccine uptake and effectiveness in real-world settings. Its goal is to maximize the impact and reach of our immunization programs and find more effective ways for transforming scientific evidence into public health practice. She has extensive methodological expertise in the design and implementation of epidemiological studies using cross-sectional and longitudinal participant surveys, public health surveillance data, and linked administrative health data. Her PhD work on uptake and effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccine in sexual minority men was recognized with a future leaders prize from the University of Toronto’s Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium.
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