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Elaine Chan

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Senior Practice Leader, Epidemiologist at BC Centre for Disease Control
📍 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Elaine Chan is a Senior Practice Leader and Epidemiologist at the BC Centre for Disease Control, focusing on immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases. With a Master of Public Health from the University of Alberta and a CPH certification, she has extensive experience in public health surveillance, outbreak investigation, and data analysis for STIs and the opioid crisis.

Elaine was part of the Trenton and Cornwall Mass Quarantine Epidemiology Teams that received the Dr. Lucie Dutil Memorial Award in 2020 for their work during the pandemic.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Senior Practice Leader, Epidemiologist
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Infectious Disease Surveillance
Her work involves monitoring provincial trends for STIs, HIV, Salmonella, and respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and influenza.
Outbreak Investigation
As a field epidemiologist, she has investigated multi-jurisdictional COVID-19 outbreaks in industrial settings and provincial Salmonella outbreaks.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Senior Practice Leader, Epidemiologist
BC Centre for Disease Control
9-2022 - 6-2024
Epidemiologist
BC Centre for Disease Control
9-2020 - 9-2022
Field Epidemiologist
Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
9-2017 - 9-2020
Public Health Officer - Epidemiologist
Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada
8-2017 - 9-2017
Research Analyst
Broadstreet Health Economics & Outcomes Research
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Education
Master of Public Health - MPH
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Science - BS
The University of British Columbia
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