Shilo McBurney is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the concentration lead for Epidemiology students in the Master of Public Health Program. Her research focuses on public health surveillance and interventions, infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases, and data validation. She is passionate about fostering scientific literacy and critical-thinking and is interested in developing best practices for communicating complex scientific concepts to stakeholder communities to drive public health and policy change.
Shilo received her MSc in Epidemiology and Community Health from Dalhousie University in 2016. In 2022, she completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto with a Collaborative Specialization in Public Health Policy. Her PhD dissertation on evaluating pertussis detection in health administrative and surveillance data was funded by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award. Before and after her PhD, Shilo practiced public health directly under the Provincial Cancer Surveillance Epidemiologist in Prince Edward Island with a focus on screening program evaluation.
