Research interests

Lawrence McCandless is an accomplished scholar in the field of epidemiology and biostatistics. His research focuses on the fields of environmental epidemiology, child health research and mental health. He is the principal investigator on a CIHR grant investigating the effect of environmental in utero exposures (e.g. pesticides and heavy metals) on adverse pregnancy outcomes. Dr. McCandless's methodological expertise lies in the area of epidemiological data analysis and Bayesian statistics. He collaborates extensively both nationally and internationally. In addition to his position a professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. McCandless is also an associate member of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences at SFU.

Teaching interests

Dr. McCandless is passionate about teaching and training students in quantitative methods. He teaches courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, and scientific computing using the R programming language. He is the primary instructor for HSCI805 Intermediate Epidemiology, and HSCI410 Exploratory Data Analysis. He mentors a team of MSc, MPH and PhD students who are supported by operating grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR).

Publications and activities

Available on his curriculum vitae.