Caroline Colijn - COVID-19 Expert Panel

March 13, 2020

The Chief Science Advisor of Canada has assembled a multidisciplinary science expert panel to advise her on the latest scientific developments relevant to COVID-19.

Dr Caroline Colijn of Mathematics, SFU, has been chosen for this panel.

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Burnaby researchers study best way to prevent COVID outbreak at schools (Burnaby Now - November 24, 2020)

Burnaby researchers fight COVID with math (Burnaby Now - November 20, 2020)

Infectious disease modeller predicts new COVID-19 measures could be just the beginning (CTV - November 11, 2020)

Rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in Fraser Health could spill into other health regions: experts (Vancouver Sun - November 02, 2020)

Halloween partiers crowd Granville Strip despite health officials’ warnings to keep events small (CBC News - November 01, 2020)

COVID-19 Vancouver-headquartered venture firm seeks to enter testing fray (Vancouver Sun - October 29, 2020)

B.C. sets new record for daily COVID-19 cases (Global News - October 22, 2020)

1 month in, B.C.'s return-to-school plan spurs relief — and anxiety (CBC News - October 16, 2020)

COVID-19 infections in children rising as health officials downplay transmission risks (Richmond News - October 14, 2020)

Why the positivity rate — a key metric for charting COVID-19's spread — is giving reason for hope in B.C. (CBC News - September 30, 2020)

Cases could spike sharply if Canadian epidemic stays on current course, Tam warns (The Globe and Mail - September 22, 2020)

Faculty of Science Receives over $1M in Research Funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation (SFU Faculty of Science - September 21, 2020)

Canada’s coronavirus cases are surging, but experts reject it’s a ‘second wave’ (Global News - September 18, 2020)

'It's becoming the norm for us': More COVID exposures at Surrey schools (CTV News - September 16, 2020)

COVID-19: SFU profs say high schools will probably have outbreaks and closing bars could help (The Georgia Straight - September 10, 2020)

Up to 25% of B.C. high schools could have a COVID-19 case on day 1 of reopening, says mathematician (CBC News - August 31, 2020)

SFU researcher calls on province to close bars ahead of return to school (News 1130 - August 30, 2020)

Café Mathématique: What is a model of COVID-19? (Fields Institute - August 13, 2020)

Infectious disease modeller predicts big spike in B.C. COVID cases (CTV News - August 7, 2020)

Epidemiologist on the uptick in coronavirus cases in B.C. (CBC News - July 26, 2020)

New COVID-19 modelling data comes with a warning (Global News - July 21, 2020)

COVID-19: Uptick in daily cases worrying, reinforces need for continued restrictions, says B.C. health officer (Vancouver Sun - July 15, 2020)

The potential threat of a ‘second wave’ of COVID-19 (Global News - June, 23 2020)

COVID-19: Second wave not inevitable, depends on effective restrictive measures: experts (Vancouver Sun - June 02, 2020)

Re-open B.C. cautiously, says expert pointing to virus resurgence in other countries (News 1130 - May 11, 2020)

SFU epidemiologist’s research informs B.C. health policy on COVID-19 (SFU News - May 05, 2020)

COVID-19: As Canada seeks to ramp up virus testing, B.C. argues it's getting tests to everybody who needs one (Vancouver Sun - April 28, 2020)

Coronavirus: ‘Incomplete’ data for Canada hurts ability to model pandemic, scientists say (Global News - April 17, 2020)

This is the direct result of people distancing (CTV News - April 17, 2020)

She Plots the Possible Arcs of the Pandemic (The Tyee - March 26, 2020)

Math modellers say lack of data makes curve flattening difficult to predict (Lethbridge News Now - March 24, 2020)

Lack of data makes coronavirus curve hard to predict, B.C. researcher says (CTV News - March 24, 2020)

‘These are the best tools we have against this pandemic’: Dr. Caroline Colijn explains the importance of social distancing in the fight against COVID-19 (iHeartRadio)

COVID-19: Measures to suppress pandemic may be needed for 18 months: experts (Vancouver Sun - March 20, 2020)

When does social distancing end? These graphs show where we’re heading and why (The Globe and Mail - March 20, 2020)

You can change the math for COVID-19, and it's not that hard (The Province - March 12, 2020)

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