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Roman Pabayo is a social epidemiologist focused on the social determinants of health, especially regarding adolescents, youth, and infants. His research particularly examines the relationship between social and economic contextual factors, including those found in counties, neighborhoods, and schools, with behavioral outcomes such as physical activity, dietary intake, and health outcomes like cardiovascular disease, depression, and mortality. His current projects funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research include studying the role of social-economic inequality in deaths due to drug overdose, suicide, and alcoholic liver disease among adolescents in Canada. Pabayo's work also evaluates the impacts of public health divestments on population health and health inequities during austerity in Ontario. Additionally, he investigates the mitigating role of public health in adolescent health during the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on COVID-19 outcomes, suicide, drug poisoning, and alcohol-related harm. Pabayo teaches courses in epidemiology and social epidemiology at the University of Alberta and is currently accepting students for supervision.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management