Posts Categorized: COVID-19

“There is massive room for improvement in how Ontario collects and reports data,” said Dionne Aleman, a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto who models infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics. Full article at: Toronto…

One of the main problems, the Star found, is that the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) was — and still does — seriously under-report provincewide deaths due to COVID-19, particularly in seniors’ homes. “There is massive room for…

(Will reopening lead to second wave of cases?) Dionne Aleman is a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliateat the University of Toronto. Her research involves developing pandemic models to simulate infectious disease outbreaks in urban environments, first during the…

Dionne Aleman is a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto. Her research involves developing pandemic models to simulate infectious disease outbreaks in urban environments, first during the H1N1 epidemic, and now with COVID. She…

This was the week the United States embarked on what is essentially a massive, unplanned natural experiment, as dozens of states lifted or eased stay-at-home orders imposed during the COVID-19 lockdown. “I think there is clearly a natural experiment taking…

Dionne Aleman, a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto, noted that testing needs to be not just widespread, but also random. She pointed to the example set by Iceland, where the government said it…

Dionne Aleman, an industrial engineer and CHE affiliate who teaches at the University of Toronto and models health systems and pandemics, said in an interview that she understands why the federal government needed to consult outside experts. Modelling is complex,…

Modelling may be imperfect, but policy-makers would basically be operating blind without them, says Dionne Aleman, an industrial engineering professor and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto. Full article at: Ottawa Citizen (April 6: PressReader)

Dionne Aleman, a mechanical and industrial engineer who teaches at the University of Toronto and models health systems and pandemics, said in an interview that she understands why the federal government needed to consult outside experts. Modelling is complex, subject…

U of T Engineering researchers have developed Redeploy, a tool that optimizes and automates the matching of available staff to jobs that need to be filled throughout the hospital. As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches its peak in Ontario, staffing needs…