Profile

Amy Greer is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Population Disease Modeling and Associate Professor in the Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. Dr. Greer is also appointed as an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. 

Research Interests

Dr. Greer’s research program explores the introduction, spread, dynamics, and control of infectious diseases in populations. She integrates empirical data with mathematical models to test the mechanisms leading to the epidemic spread of pathogens and identify optimal intervention and control strategies. Her research aims to examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of both public health and veterinary health interventions in order to make informed, evidence-based decisions regarding policy.

Current Graduate Students

Gabrielle
Brankston

PhD

Reilly
Comper

PhD

Gabrielle
Turcotte

PhD

Haley
Weber

PhD

Xiao-Ting
Xie

PhD

Thivya
Naganathan

MSc

Lindsay
Obress

MSc

Teaching

Course Coordinator - POPM*6800 - Infectious Disease Modeling (Winter 2020).

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Professional Experience & Honours

Dr. Greer has previously held scientific positions in the Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control at the Public Health Agency of Canada. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.  ​

Selected Publications

Please click here to access all of Dr. Greer's full-text publications.