Brenda L. Coleman, RN, BScN, BA, MSc, PhD
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Clinical Scientist
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Mount Sinai Hospital Biography Dr. Coleman completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of Toronto in 2008. She has an HBSc in nursing, a BA in psychology, and an MSc in epidemiology and biostatistics from Western University. Dr. Coleman worked as an epidemiologist in public health for 10 years before graduating with her PhD. Since then she has been an independent researcher and manager of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital. She has also been an Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health since 2010. Dr. Coleman’s areas of interest and research include vaccines and respiratory diseases including influenza and COVID as well as antimicrobial resistance, both antiviral and antibiotic. Her goal is to reduce the transmission of infectious diseases and thereby reduce of the burden of illness.
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