Deshayne Fell
Assistant Professor
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine
Canada
Biography
Dr. Fell is an Assistant Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa and a Scientist in the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute. She earned her BSc in Physical Therapy from the University of Toronto, MSc in Epidemiology from Dalhousie University, and PhD in Epidemiology from McGill University. Dr. Fell has worked in perinatal research, epidemiology, and surveillance for more than 15 years in both academic and public health settings. She has extensive experience with the provincial birth registry in Ontario (BORN Ontario) and with the use of large health administrative datasets (e.g., ICES data holdings) for perinatal and pediatric epidemiologic research. Dr. Fell’s research focuses on fetal and infant population health and she has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications. In recent years, her primary emphasis has been on influenza disease and influenza immunization during pregnancy and the relationship with adverse birth outcomes.
Research Interest
Dr. Fell’s research focuses on fetal and infant population health and she has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications. In recent years, her primary emphasis has been on influenza disease and influenza immunization during pregnancy and the relationship with adverse birth outcomes.
