Faculty Member
Alyssa Parpia PhD, MPH
- Email Address(es)
- alyssa.parpia(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Address
- Public Health Ontario 480 University Avenue, Suite 300 Toronto, ON, M5G 1V2
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Epidemiology Division
- Position
- Assistant Professor
- SGS Status
- Associate Member
- Appointment Status
- Status Only
Research Interests
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Health equity
- Public health policy
- Epidemiologic methods
Education and Training History:
PhD, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University
MPH, Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
BAH, Global Development Studies and Biochemistry (minor), Queen’s University
Other Affiliations:
- Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
- Applied Public Health Science Specialist, Public Health Ontario
Representative Publications:
Parpia AS, Martinez I, El-Sayed AM, Wells CR, Myers L, Duncan J, Collins J, Fitzpatrick MC, Galvani AP, Pandey A. Racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality across Michigan, United States. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Mar 1;33.
Parpia AS, Skrip LA, Nsoesie EO, Ngwa MC, Abah ASA, Galvani AP, & Ndeffo-Mbah ML. Spatio-temporal dynamics of measles outbreaks in Cameroon. Annals of Epidemiology. 2020 42, 64-72.
Parpia AS, Ndeffo-Mbah ML, Wenzel NS, Galvani AP. Effects of Response to 2014-2015 Ebola Outbreak on Deaths from Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Tuberculosis, West Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016 Mar;22(3):433-41. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.150977. PMID: 26886846; PMCID: PMC4766886.