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“Any limitation on our ability to test the population will impact our knowledge of what’s happening with disease spread, and therefore our ability to control it in a targeted fashion,” said Dionne Aleman, a University of Toronto professor, CHE affiliate…

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Susy Hota, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at the University Health Network, Dr. Ray Deonandan, Epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, and Dr.…

But Dionne Aleman, an industrial engineering professor at the University of Toronto and an expert in contact tracing, was critical of the provincial government. “This is a failing of our provincial leadership and funding priorities, not a failing of our…

Dionne Aleman, associate professor of industrial engineering, CHE affiliate and pandemic growth expert at the University of Toronto, recommends Canadians skip holiday dinners altogether this year. “B.C., Ontario, Quebec. We’re all in a very severe second wave. Certainly looking like…

“If you can understand where everybody became infected, that’s a tremendously valuable piece of information that can help stop the spread of disease,” said Dionne Aleman, associate professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto and…

Fight back with Libby Znaimer: Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Barry Pakes, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Dr. Dionne Aleman, a professor…

Dionne Aleman, assistant professor of engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto, a specialist in pandemic growth, is concerned that public health officials are unable to identify the source of a significant number of new infections. Full article…

Not since mid-April has the province seen daily case numbers anywhere near what they are now. Non-essential businesses had been ordered closed, schools and outdoor amenities such as playgrounds, sports fields and picnic areas had been shuttered. Ontario was, in…