Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association
"You and I may not live to see the day, and my name may be forgotten when it comes, but the time will arrive when great outbreaks of cholera will be things of the past; and it is the knowledge of the way in which the disease is propagated which will cause them to disappear." - Dr. John Snow
SEA Involvement: Chairperson
Employment: Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Public Health Observatory, Saskatoon Health Region
E-mail Address: josh.marko@saskatoonhealthregion.ca
Tidbits: Lover of music, but have no musical ability whatsoever.
Dr. Bijay Adhikari
SEA Involvement: Board Member, 2011, Co-chair, Conference organizing committee, 2011
Employment: Provincial Communicable Disease Epidemiologist, Ministry of Health, Government of Saskatchewan
E-mail Address: bijayadhikari@gmail.com
Tidbits: Born and raised in a remote village of Nepal, completed a veterinary degree there in 1996. After completing 5 years of public service in Nepal, studied at Massey University, New Zealand and received a Masters of Public Health in 2003. The quest for further education did not stop, as Bijay then entered further study and got a PhD in Veterinary Medicine (epidemiology) from WSU, USA in 2008. He then served OSU as a post doctoral researcher before joining PHAC as an Immunization Surveillance Officer. He is currently working as a Provincial Communicable Disease Epidemiologist at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health. He currently resides in Regina with his wonderful wife and 2 lovely kids where he is known as the local "troubleshooter"
Briana Hagen
SEA Involvement: Treasurer & Student Representative, Conference Planning Committee
E-mail Address: bnmhagen@gmail.com
Maureen Anderson
SEA Involvement: Board Member, Co-chair SEA conference planning committee, 2011
Employment: Environmental Epidemiologist, Canadian Public Health Service, Public Health Agency of Canada, placed at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health
E-mail Address: Maureen.anderson@gov.sk.ca
Tidbits: I am pleased to be back in my 'home' province of Saskatchewan working as an epidemiologist. I have had the good fortune of spending the last few years gaining experience and learning from public health epis in Ontario and British Columbia - at the national Foodborne, Waterborne, Zoonotic Infections Division of the Public Health Agency of Canada in Guelph and at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver. My husband Aaron and I live in Regina with our daughter Eleanor.
Wendy Wilkins
SEA Involvement: Board Member
Employment: Livestock Branch, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
E-mail Address: wendy.wilkins@gov.sk.ca
Tidbits: Completed Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 1999.
- Returned to the WCVM in 2004 to pursue graduate studies; completed PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology in 1999
- Worked for the Public Health Agency of Canada 1999-2010, collaborating on a number of systematic reviews in the area of food safety.
- Joined the Animal Health Unit at the SK Ministry of Agriculture in September of 2010 as a Disease Surveillance Veterinarian.
Tasha Epp
SEA Involvement: Board Member, Website and Promotions Committee
Employment: Associate Professor, Zoonosis, Western College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan
E-mail Address: tasha.epp@usask.ca
Tidbits: Home life revolves around sheep and sheep dogs; married to a real life shepherd which means many summer days of freedom from housework related to having a husband and dogs.
Ida Sadowski
SEA Involvement: Board Secretary
Employment: Instructor, Health Information Management, SIAST Wascana Campus
E-mail Address: sadowski@siast.sk.ca
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Brandy Winquist
SEA Involvement: Director
Employment: Decision Support Consultant, Cypress Health Region
E-mail Address: brandy.winquist@usask.ca
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Khami Chokani
SEA Involvement: Board Member
Employment: Medical Health Officer, Prince Albert Parkland Health Region
E-mail Address: kchokani@paphr.sk.ca
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Dale Young
SEA Involvement: Director
Employment: Manager, Population and Public Health Services, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
E-mail Address: Dale.young@rqhealth.ca
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