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Stephanie Hughes

Stephanie Hughes
Instructor
Building HL 342 & 333

Biography

Stephanie L. Hughes, MSc MPH PhD, is a senior epidemiologist and lecturer in the Department of Health & Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She completed a PhD in epidemiology at the University of Guelph with a focus on infectious disease surveillance. Her work experiences include mitigating international outbreaks with the WHO, determining levels of population immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases, and leading surveillance of both COVID-19 and substance-related harms. Stephanie's interests primarily lie in infectious disease, disease surveillance, public health, emerging diseases and epidemiology.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (epidemiology), University of Guelph

Master of Public Health, University of Guelph

Master of Science (biochemistry), University of Guelph

Bachelor of Science (microbiology), University of Guelph

Teaching Interests

  • Infectious disease
  • Epidemiology
  • Global health
  • Population health