Sophiya's CV
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Publications and Working Papers
Guindon, G.E., Fatima, T., Abbat, B., Bhons, P., & Garasia, S. (2020). Area-level differences in the prices of tobacco
and electronic nicotine delivery systems — A systematic review. Health & Place, 65.
Garasia, S., & Dobbs, G. (2019). Socioeconomic determinants of health and access to health care in rural Canada.
University of Toronto Medical Journal, 96(2) : 44-46.
Garasia, S. (2019). Clinical outcomes and healthcare use in provincially medically uninsured populations in Canada:
A descriptive systematic review. CHEPA Working Paper, 19-01.
Mascarenhas, M., Garasia, S., Berthiaume, P., Corrin, T., Greig, J., Ng, V., et al. (2018). A scoping review of
published literature on chikungunya virus. Plos One, 13(11): e0207554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207554
Garasia, S., Samaan, Z., Gerstein, H.C., Yousef, S., Engert, J.C., Mohan, V., et al. (2017). Influence of major depression on genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes: the multiethnic longitudinal EpiDREAM study. Scientific Reports, 7:1629. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01406-y
Ng, V., Fazil, A., Gachon, P., Deuymes, G., Mascarenhas, M., Garasia, S., et al. (2016). Assessment of the
probability of autochthonous transmission of Chikungunya in Canada under recent and projected climat change; implications for Zika virus. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(6): 067001. doi:
10.1289/EHP669.
Garasia, S., Samaan, Z., Gerstein, H.C., Engert, J.C., Mohan, V., Diaz, R., et al. (2015). Lack of associatio between type 2 diabetes and major depression: epidemiologic and genetic evidence in a multiethnic
population. Translational Psychiatry, 5(8):e618. doi: 10.1038/tp.2015.113
Research Experience
2017-Present Research Assistant, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Hamilton, Ontario
2020 Research Collaborator, Department of Economics, McMaster University
2019 Curriculum Development Assistant, MacPherson Institute, McMaster University
2016-2017 Epidemiologist, Public Health Agency of Canada
2016 Communications Intern, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe)
2015-2016 Research Assistant, Public Health Agency of Canada
2016 Student Consultant, Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination
2015-2016 Research Assistant, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph
2014 Curriculum Development Assistant
2012-2013 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, McMaster University
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
2019-2021 Introduction to Health and Public Health Economics, McMaster University Master of Public
Health Program
2018-2021 Population and Public Health Epidemiology , McMaster University Master of Public Health
Program
2018 Introduction to Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University Master of
Public Health Program
Guest Lecturer
2021 Political Science Program, Undergraduate-level, McMaster University
Title of presentation: Immigration and public policy
2021 Physician Assistant Program, Graduate-level, McMaster University
Title of presentation: Overview of Ontario’s health care system
2021 Public Health Program, Graduate-level, McMaster University
Title of presentation: Long-term care and Home care in Ontario
2020 Political Science Program, Undergraduate-level, McMaster University
Title of presentation: Immigrant and Refugee Health: Prescription for Conflict
2020 Health Studies Program, Undergraduate-level, York University
Title of presentation: Immigrant and Refugee Health: Prescription for Conflict
2019 Health Policy Program, Undergraduate-level, Wilfred Laurier University
Title of presentation: Immigrant and Refugee Health: Prescription for Conflict
2018-2019 Health Sciences Program, Undergraduate-level, McMaster University
Title of presentation: Determinants of Population Health
2018 Public Health Program, Graduate-level, McMaster University
Title of presentation: The Patient and Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Awards and Grants
2018-2021 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, McMaster University
2020 SSHRC Insight Development Grant
2020 Faculty of Health Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award
2020 Canada Research Data Centre Network Emerging Scholars Grant
2019 Canada Research Data Centre Network Travel Grant
2019 McMaster University Graduate Students Association Travel Grant
2019 McMaster University SPICES Project Grant
2019 Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Programs Excellence Award
2018 Best Poster Award at the CRDCN (Canadian Research Data Centre Network) Conference 2018-2019 George and Alice Rivett Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2018-2019 MacData Graduate Fellowship
2017-2019 Michael DeGroote Scholarship of Excellence
2017-2021 McMaster University Graduate Scholarship
Committee and Service Experience
2018-2020 Student Representative, Labelle Lectureship Series
2018-2020 Student Representative, PhD Health Policy Program Executive Committee
2019-2020 Founder and co-host, The Health Briefs Podcast
2018-2020 Graduate Student Ambassador, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Ambassador Program
2019 Partnerships Liaison, New Frontiers in Health Policy Conference
2017-2018 Blog Contributer, PHSpot
2016 Danish Red Cross
2016 Health Promoter, Special Olympics Ontario
2015-2016 Graduate Representative, Canadian Obesity Network Students and New Professionals (CON-SNP)
2015 Sexual Health Guelph Team, Project Serve Canada