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Digital disease surveillance for emerging infectious diseases: an early warning system using the internet and social media data for COVID-19 forecasting in Canada Har passerat

Onsdag 24 maj 2023 10:45 - 11:00 G4

Föreläsare: Yang Yang

Spår: MIE: Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics

Språk

English

Seminarietyp

Enbart på plats

Kunskapsnivå

Avancerad

Konferens

MIE

Författare

Yang (Rena) Yang, Shu-Feng Tsao, Mohammad Basri, Helen Chen, Zahid Butt

Föreläsare

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Yang Yang Föreläsare

Postdoc
University of Waterloo

Dr. Yang (Rena) Yang is an internationally experienced researcher with a multidisciplinary background in academia and industry in the fields of public health, health informatics, business management, information technology (IT), and computer engineering. She is currently a postdoc fellow in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. As an academic researcher, Rena has expertise in applying statistical modeling and machine learning techniques and leveraging algorithms to solve real-world problems in public health and healthcare. She has led various multidisciplinary projects in digital health, data science, natural language processing, and health information management. Apart from her academic engagement, Rena possesses proficiency in managing business operations across various business units in industries such as medical device, IT, eCommerce, power transmission, and service outsourcing.