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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 Passed

Wednesday May 24, 2023 10:45 - 11:00 G4

Lecturer: Yang Yang

Track: MIE: Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics

Language

English

Seminar type

On site only

Level of knowledge

Advanced

Conference

MIE

Authors

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

Lecturers

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Yang Yang Lecturer

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.