One Health Seminar Series: Data Dredging in Research: Trends and Consequences for Inference, Exploration and Prediction

Dr. Korryn Bodner is an assistant professor in Epidemiology and One Health in the Department of Population Medicine at OVC. She holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Epidemiology and Disease Modelling. Bodner completed her PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto in 2021, where she specialized in the interface between mathematical modelling and disease ecology. Following her doctoral work, she served as a Research Associate at the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at Unity Health Toronto from 2021 to 2024. There, she applied simulation modelling to explore how bias and uncertainty affect the interpretation of vaccine effectiveness in public health research. Bodner is also the co-founder and current Chair of the Canadian Chapter of the Ecological Forecasting Initiative, a grassroots network committed to building capacity for ecological and epidemiological forecasting while fostering stronger links between scientific prediction and decision-making.

Bodner’s research focuses on the development and application of statistical and mathematical models to better understand, predict and prevent the spread of infectious diseases affecting wildlife, livestock and humans. Her work aims to support real-time forecasting, scenario testing and improved intervention strategies by tackling critical challenges in bias, uncertainty and model reliability.

All are welcome to attend.