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Education and training

• B.S. in Mathematics, Université de Montréal
• M.S. in Statistics, Université de Montréal (Supervised by Professor Christian Léger)
• Ph.D in Biostatistics, McGill University (Supervised by Professor Erica E. M. Moodie and Professor Robert W. Platt)
• Postdoctoral researcher, McGill University (June 2021-May 2022) and (virtual) visiting scholar at North Carolina State University (September 2021-February 2022)

Work experience (selected)

• June 2022- : Assistant Professor
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Université de Montréal
  • Courses taught:
  • Fall 2022 and Winter 2024: STT1700 Introduction à la statistique (Premier cycle, ~1ère année)
  • Winter 2023 and Winter 2024: STT3781 Laboratoire de statistique (Premier cycle, ~3e année)
  • Fall 2023: STT6510 Méthodes d’analyse en biostatistique (Cycles supérieurs)
• Winter 2022: Lecturer
  • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
  • Course: Epidemiology: Regression Models (BIOS602)
  • 52 hours of teaching
• Fall 2021-Winter 2022: Postdoctoral researcher
  • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
  • Main collaborator/supervisor: Dr. Erica E. M. Moodie.
• Winter 2021: Lecturer
  • Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal
  • Course: Méthodes avancées en inférence causale (Advanced methods in causal inference)
  • 24 hours of teaching
• Fall 2019: Lecturer
  • École de Santé Publique de l’Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal
  • Course: Introduction à la biostatistique (Biostatistics introduction)
  • 27 hours of teaching
• 2014-2016: Research Assistant, Analyst statistician (full time)
  • Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Research Institute (McGill Pharmacoepidemiology Unit), Jewish General Hospital
  • Duties: Data management, conduct statistical analyses, reports and research papers writing
  • Supervisor: Dr. Samy Suissa

Awards

• Banting-CANSSI Discovery Award (2024), by the Banting Foundation in collaboration with CANSSI
• Award for excellence in teaching Biostatistics (2022), Given by the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health Student Society (EBOSS), McGill University.
• Pierre Robillard Award (2022), Statistical Society of Canada. Best PhD thesis in a statistics-related field in Canada that year.
• McGill MedStar Award (2021), McGill University. A research excellence award.
• Outstanding Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award (2021), McGill University.
• Esther Cushing Student Award (2017), McGill University.
• Winning team of the case study competition (2013 and 2017), Statistical Society of Canada.

Publications (chronological order)

Discontinuation of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD and the risk reduction of pneumonia

Long-term vitamin K antagonists treatment patterns of Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF): a population-based cohort study

The risk of major bleeding with low-molecular-weight-heparins for venous thromboembolism in dialysis patients: the Q-VTE Study

The risk of sepsis with inhaled and oral corticosteroids in patients with COPD

Revisiting sex differences in outcomes in non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a population-based cohort study

Trends in epidemiology of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in Canada: distributed network analysis of multiple population-based provincial health administrative databases

Drospirenone-containing oral contraceptive pills and the risk of venous thromboembolism: an assessment of risk in first-time users and restarters

Altered cerebellar biochemical profiles in infants born prematurely

Pneumonia risk in asthma patients using inhaled corticosteroids: a quasi‐cohort study

Confounding by pre-morbid functional status in studies of apparent sex differences in severity and outcome of stroke

Patterns of long‐term use of non‐vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants for non‐valvular atrial fibrillation: Quebec observational study

Comparative effectiveness of novel oral anticoagulants in UK patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease: a matched cohort study

Temporal trends in outpatient management of incident pulmonary embolism and associated mortality

Long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids in COPD and the risk of fracture

Core‐binding factor acute myeloid leukemia with t (8; 21): Risk factors and a novel scoring system (I‐CBF it)

Weighted regression analysis to correct for informative monitoring times and confounders in longitudinal studies

Can the risk of severe depression-related outcomes be reduced by tailoring the antidepressant therapy to patient characteristics?

Response to: Baby Steps to a Learning Mental Health Care System: Can we do the Work?

Estimating the Marginal Effect of a Continuous Exposure on an Ordinal Outcome using Data Subject to Covariate-Driven Treatment and Visit Processes

Estimation of the Marginal Effect of Antidepressants on Body Mass Index under Confounding and Endogenous Covariate-Driven Monitoring Times

Intraoperative phlebotomies and bleeding in liver transplantation: a historical cohort study and causal analysis

Privacy-preserving estimation of an optimal individualized treatment rule: a case study in maximizing time to severe depression-related outcomes

Estimating Individualized Treatment Rules in Longitudinal Studies with Covariate-Driven Observation Times

Generating synthetic data from administrative health records for drug safety and effectiveness studies

Variable selection in high dimensions for discrete-outcome individualized treatment rules: Reducing severity of depression symptoms

Gabapentinoids and risk for severe exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based cohort study

Health Services Utilization and Specialist Care in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Multiprovince Population-Based Cohort Study

Multiply robust estimation of marginal structural models in observational studies subject to covariate-driven observations

Service and leadership

• 2023-2024: Organisation du premier colloque francophone interfacultaire de recherche en biostatistique (CFIRB) avec la co-Présidente Mireille Schnitzer
• 2022-2023: Pierre Robillard Award Committee (Statistical Society of Canada)
• 2019-2021: Chair of the Student and Recent Graduate Committee (SARGC) of the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) (Mandate ended on June 30, 2021)
• 2019: Organizing committee of the (Bio)Statistics Research and Career Day, McGill University
• 2018: Co-Chair of the Canadian Statistics Student Conference of the SSC held in Montreal
• 2013-2021: Involved with the Student and Recent Graduate committee of the SSC (translation work, chairing, etc.).