Sabrina Plitt

Area of Study / Keywords

epidemiology infectious diseases HIV STI hepatitis prenatal screening

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About

I am an epidemiologist working for the Centre of Communicable Diseases and Infection Control within the Public Health Agency of Canada. I am based out of the Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health and Alberta Health.

My areas of interest are the surveillance and epidemiology of HIV, sexually transmitted infections and bloodborne pathogens in Alberta and Canada. As such, I participate in several provincial and national surveillance programs for HIV and STBBI.

My specific research interests include:

• prenatal infectious disease screening programs and practice;
• the epidemiology of HIV/STI/BBP among vulnerable populations; and,
• mathematical modeling of disease transmission.

Degrees

PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2004

MSc, University of Alberta, 1998

BSc, University of Alberta, 1994

Gratrix J, Plitt S, Turnbull L, Smyczek P, Brandley J, Scarrott R, Naidu P, Parker P, Blore B, Bull B, Shokoples S, Bertholet L, Chernesky M, Read R, Singh A

Sex Transm Dis. 2017 October; 44 (10):627-629

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Passi A, Plitt SS, Lai F, Simmonds K, Charlton C

Vaccine. 2017 January; 35 (4):570-576

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Thanh NX, Akpinar I, Gratrix J, Plitt SS, Smyczek P, Read R, Jacobs P, Wong T, Singh AE

Int J STD AIDS. 2017 January; 28 (13):1311-1324

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Plitt SS, Osman M, Sahni V, Lee BE, Charlton C, Simmonds K.

Can J Public Health. 2016 October; 107 (20):e285-290