Nick Daneman

Faculty Member

Associate Program Director – Clinical Epidemiology & Health Care Research (CEHCR)

Dr. Nick Daneman is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a clinician scientist in the division of infectious diseases at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is cross-appointed to the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and is a senior scientist at ICES, as well as an infection prevention physician at Public Health Ontario. Using hospital, clinical trial, and population-based data sources, his research program aims to maximize the benefits while minimizing the harms of antimicrobial treatment.

Professional Interests: clinical epidemiology and health services research; healthcare associated infections; Clostridium difficile; critical care associated infections; antibiotic stewardship

Sean Wei Xiang Ong

PhD Graduate Student

Thesis: Novel approaches to optimize the design and implementation of randomized clinical trials – a focus on bloodstream infections

Supervisors: Nick Daneman, Steven Tong