Tiffany Fitzpatrick

Areas of Expertise

• Epidemiology of infectious diseases
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
• Epidemiological and mathematical modeling methods
• Health equity
• Health administrative data and data linkage

Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Academic Degrees and Accreditations

• Doctor of Philosophy (Epidemiology), University of Toronto
• Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), University of Toronto

PHO Research Interests

• Surveillance and epidemiology of respiratory viruses
• Mathematical modeling
• Epidemiological methods
• Use of administrative and laboratory data to study population health outcomes
• Public health policy and program evaluation

PHO Research Activities

• Collaborating on studies using wastewater surveillance to understand trends in SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens of interest in Ontario
• Supporting mathematical and statistical modeling projects to understand the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Ontario
• Leading studies to inform population-based approaches for preventing severe, early-life RSV illness

Selected Publications

1. Fitzpatrick T, Wilton A, Cohen E, Rosella L, Guttmann A. School reopening and COVID-19 in the community: evidence from a natural experiment in Ontario, Canada. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022;41(6):864-72.
2. Fitzpatrick T, McNally JD, Stukel TA, Lu H, Fisman D, Kwong JC, et al. Family and child risk factors for early-life RSV illness. Pediatrics. 2021;147(4):e2020029090.
3. Fitzpatrick T, McNally JD, Stukel TA, Kwong JC, Wilton AS, Fisman D, et al. Palivizumab's real-world effectiveness: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada, 1993-2017. Arch Dis Child. 2021;106(2):173-9.
4. Fitzpatrick T, Malcolm W, McMenamin J, Reynolds A, Guttmann A, et al. Community-based antibiotic prescribing attributable to respiratory syncytial virus and other common respiratory viruses in young children: a population-based time-series study of Scottish children. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;72(12):2144-53.
5. Fitzpatrick T, Rosella LC, Calzavara A, Petch J, Pinto AD, Manson H, et al. Looking beyond income and education: socioeconomic status gradients among future high-cost users of health care. Am J Prev Med. 2015;49(2):161-71.

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