Faculty Member
Aya Mitani PhD, MPH
- Email Address(es)
- aya.mitani(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- (416) 946-3250
- Office Address
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health Health Sciences Building 155 College Street, 6th Floor Toronto, ON M5T 3M7
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Biostatistics Division
- Position
- Assistant Professor
- SGS Status
- Full Member
- Appointment Status
- Tenure Stream
- Currently Accepting Doctoral Students?
- Yes
Education and training
- Postdoctoral research fellow, Harvard School of Public Health
- PhD, Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health
- MPH, Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health
- BA, Mathematics, Pitzer College
Research interests
- Modelling complex oral health data
- Missing data methods
- Outcome-dependent sampling design
- Agreement and association
Teaching (2025-2026)
- CHL5233: Statistical Programming and Computation for Health Data (Fall)
- CHL5004: Introduction to Public Health (Fall)
- CHL5222: Analysis of Correlated Data (Winter)
Publications
See my Google Scholar page
For Students
**This is a working list of awards and competitions for (bio)statistics students and recent graduates.**
Paper competitions
Many organizations and societies have annual paper competitions. Winners typically present the papers at the subsequent conferences. Awards often include travel cost.
- ASA Student Paper Competitions: Deadline is December 15. Submission details are specific for each section.
- ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Awards: Deadline is October 1.
- IMS Lawrence D. Brown Ph.D. Student Award: Deadline is May 1. Eligible applicants will compete to be one of three speakers at an invited session as part of the JSM.
Poster and presentation awards
- SSC Student Research Presentation Award
Travel awards
If you are short on funding for travel, consider applying for one of the travel awards listed below. To be eligible, you must be a member of the funding organization but student memberships are usually cheap. For example, IMS student membership is free and annual ASA student membership is USD 25.
- IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award: Deadline is February 1. Award amount is between USD 400 and USD 1000 per person. Open to Masters and PhD students. Travel to any IMS sponsored meetings, which include JSM and ENAR.
- ASA Student and Early Career Travel Fund: Deadline is at least three months before the conference start date. Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a statistics or data science program. Travel to any ASA sponsored meetings.
- CWS Travel Awards: Deadline varies. Open to early career professionals and PhD students in statistics or a related field. Travel to JSM.
- SPC Travel Scholarships]: Deadline is September 30. Open to PhD students and postdocs. Travel to Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting.
Scholarships
- Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship: Deadline is February 23. Open to women PhD and Masters students who are citizens or permanent residents of US or Canada. Award amount is USD 1000.