Isaac Bogoch

Isaac Bogoch

Role: Invited Speaker
Affiliation: University of Toronto / Toronto General Hospital
Talk Title: Harnessing Big Data to Drive Policy and Public Health Responses: Examples from Ebola and Zika virus Epidemics

Abstract:
The world has seen several infectious epidemics over the past decade, fueled by our inter-connectivity via global travel patterns. Dr. Bogoch discusses how we can integrate large data sources with an understanding of infectious diseases biology, epidemiology, and public health to predict and mitigate epidemics. He gives examples from the recent Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, and the current Zika virus epidemic to demonstrate these principles.

Bio:
Dr. Bogoch is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Medicine, and an Infectious Diseases consultant at the Toronto General Hospital. His clinical and research interests focus on Tropical Diseases and Global Health. He works with an international and interdisciplinary team that models emerging and re-emerging infectious Global Health threats. In addition he develops and implements innovative and simple diagnostic solutions to improve the quality of care in resource-constrained settings.

Dr. Bogoch completed medical school and Internal Medicine residency training at the University of Toronto, and then specialized in Infectious Diseases at the Harvard Partners program. He holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health, and completed fellowships in both HIV care and Tropical Infectious Diseases. Dr. Bogoch divides his clinical and research time between Toronto, West Africa, and Nepal.