Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Mark Loeb
BSc (McGill), MD (McGill), MSc (McMaster), FRCPC
Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Joint Member, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Division Director, Infectious Diseases, McMaster University
Associate Editor, ACP Journal Club
CIHR New Investigator Award 2001-2006
905.525.9140 x 26066
905.389.5822
loebm@mcmaster.ca
McMaster University
Faculty of Health Sciences
Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning, Rm. 3203
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3Z5
Office location: MDCL-3203
Administrative Assistant:
Tiffany Pattison
905.525.9140 x 26679
905.389.5822
tpattis@mcmaster.ca
Academic Interests
My research interests include epidemiologic and genomic population-based studies on viral infectious including influenza, West Nile, and dengue. Current projects include an NIH population genetics research program, a CIHR funded cluster randomized controlled trial to reduce spread of influenza by immunizing children in Hutterite colonies, and a CIHR funded influenza pandemic team grant to establish natural history as well as immunologic and genetic determinants of influenza infection.
Team Members
Study Coordinators:
Lorraine Moss (x26671), Sasha Eskandarian (x26672), Pam Singh (x26673), Angela Barbara (x21478)
Research Nurses:
Tammy Hlywka, Nancy Dafoe, Patricia Compton, AliceAn van der Voet, Dorothy Adrian, Akasi Appiah, Theresa Dukewich, Lorna Evans, Laurel Krause
Research Assistants:
Vanessa Manning (x26678), Cassandra Howse (x26669), Laura Childerhose (x26665)
Database Administrator:
Pardeep Singh (x26670)
Financial Administrator:
Debbie Robinson (x26677)
Current Graduate Students:
Agnes Tong (PhD), Binod Neupane (PhD), Eduardo Fernandez (PhD), Jennie Johnstone (MSc), Annie Ruest (MSc), Heather Candon (MSc), Ellen Korol (MSc)
Recent Graduate Students:
Soo Chan Carusone (PhD, 2006)
Selected Publications
- Loeb M, Hanna S. Nicolle L, Eyles J, Elliott S, Rathbone M, Drebot M, Neupane B, Fearon M, Mahony J. Prognosis after West Nile Virus Infection. Ann Intern Med 2008;149:232-41.
- Loeb M, Chan Carusone S, Goeree R, Walter S, Brazil K, Krueger P, Simor A, Moss L, Marrie T. Effect of a clinical pathway to reduce hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia. JAMA 2006; 295:2503-10.
- Loeb M, Brazil K, Lohfeld L, McGeer A, Simor AE, Stevenson K, Zoutman D, Liu X, Smith S, Walter S. Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomized controlled trial. BMJ 2005; 331:669.
- Loeb M, Elliott SJ, Gibson B, Fearon M, Nosal R, Drebot M, D’Cuhna C, Harrington D, Smith S, George P, Eyles J. Protective behaviour and West Nile virus risk. Emerg Infect. Dis. 2005; 11(9):1433-6.
- Loeb M, McGeer A, Henry B, Ofner M, Rose D, Hwlyka T, Levie J, McDonald J, Smith S, Moss L, Smith A, Green K, Walter S. SARS among critical care nurses, Toronto. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10:251-5.