Mr. Mamadou Diop, INESSS

Mamadou Diop holds a Master's degree in Economic Sciences from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal (1998), a Bachelor's degree in Applied Econometrics from the University of Geneva, Switzerland (2004), a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2007), and a Master's in Public Health from the University of Montreal (2018).

He has over ten years of professional experience with medical-administrative databases of the RAMQ and survey data. In Quebec, he has worked as a public health research officer at the Montreal Regional Public Health Department and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health at McGill University.

Since 2017, Mr. Diop has been serving as a scientific professional in management and analysis of medical-administrative data in the Bureau des données clinico-administratives (BDCA) at INESSS (Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux).

Dr. Jean-Luc, INESSS

Jean-Luc Kaboré holds a Doctorate in Pharmacy from Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco (2012), a Master’s degree in Health Economics from the University of Auvergne in France (2013), and a Master's degree in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance from the University of Bordeaux in France (2014). In 2021, he completed a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Montreal.

Jean-Luc worked as a pharmacoepidemiologist at the University Hospital Center of Clermont-Ferrand in France before moving to Canada for his doctoral studies. His area of expertise includes observational and pharmacoepidemiological studies, and he is the author of several scientific publications. He has over ten years of experience in the exploitation and enhancement of medical-administrative databases.

Jean-Luc currently works at INESSS (Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux) as a scientific coordinator in the Bureau des données clinico-administratives (BDCA).

Dr. Élise Fortin, Conseillère scientifique spécialisée, INSPQ

Dr. Élise Fortin is an epidemiologist at the INSPQ and has contributed to the development of infectious disease surveillance and antibiotic use monitoring for nearly 20 years. She is currently the Scientific Lead of the COVID-19 severity monitoring program. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Université de Montréal, and in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at Université Laval.

Dr. Bryan Griffin, Research Biologist, PHAC

Dr. Bryan Griffin is a Research Biologist at the Public Health Agency of Canada in the Centre for Immunization Surveillance and Programs of the Infectious Diseases and Vaccination Programs Branch and an Adjunct Professor in the Pathobiology Department at the University of Guelph. He completed his PhD in Infectious Diseases with a Virology specialization at the University of Guelph. He completed his postdoctoral research fellowship in the Special Pathogens Program at PHAC’s National Microbiology Laboratory and at Sunnybrook Research Institute, where he carried out research at the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium Toronto High Containment Facility. Dr. Griffin’s research has focused on the viral and immune-mediated mechanisms that drive the viral pathogenesis of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic viral pathogens as well as the development and evaluation of novel vaccines and therapeutics against viral pathogens.

Dr. Eleni Galanis, Director General, PHAC

Dr. Eleni Galanis is a public health physician with 20 years of experience in infectious disease surveillance, prevention and control at the provincial, national and international levels. Dr Galanis is a Clinical Professor at UBC with over 50 peer-reviewed publications and is currently working at the Public Health Agency of Canada as the Director General of a centre on surveillance, risk assessment and behavioural sciences. Dr Galanis is POPCORN's Principal Knowledge User through the federal lens (PHAC).