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The Star spoke with Dionne M. Aleman, an associate professor and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto specializing in pandemic planning and medical applications of operations research, about the steps forward. Full article at: Toronto Star (April 13: Peterborough Examiner; St.…

Engineering professor and CHE faculty affiliate Dionne Aleman joins CTV News Channel to discuss the federal government’s COVID-19 modeling numbers. Video available at: CTV News

Though earlier guidance said that masks weren’t necessary, experts are now advising people who already have masks to wear them—or to make your own. “If you have a mask, you should wear it every time you go outside, whether it’s…

Researchers across Canada are tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and many are harnessing the power of Canada’s advanced research computing (ARC) platform to do so. ARC accelerates the speed to discovery and helps researchers accomplish globally competitive, data-driven, transformative research. Research…

Daily during the Provincial and Federal government briefings we are given new measures, policies, and details on how to best “flatten the curve” to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19. As the virus spreads on an unprecedented scale, and new…

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. She notes these educated guesses can help answer big questions dogging…

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. She notes these educated guesses can help answer big questions dogging…

Across the province, 47 per cent of the patients undergoing invasive ventilation have confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19, according to April 1 data. Modest influxes of critically ill patients can cause havoc for Ontario hospitals, many of which are…

A member of the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation and an affiliate of CHE at the University of Toronto, Dionne Aleman warned the people saying that that the virus can survive on inanimate surfaces for up to three…

That one health network is already under such strain should be a “red alert” for hospitals across the Greater Toronto Area, said Dionne Aleman, a University of Toronto professor and CHE affiliate expert in pandemic modelling. “Once we start running…