Dr. Steven Hawken

Biography

Steven Hawken is a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. He holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Ottawa, which he completed in 2015, and a Master of Science in Applied Statistics from the University of Guelph, completed in 2001. With over 20 years of experience in biostatistics and epidemiology, he has previously served as a statistician on the landmark INTERHEART study, a global case-control study investigating risk factors for acute myocardial infarction, leading to high-impact publications in The Lancet. Hawken was also the founding Lead Data Analyst at ICES, where he oversaw a team of ten statistical analysts and SAS programmers between 2010 and 2015. He has developed a successful research program focused on pediatric vaccine safety and newborn screening metabolomics, collaborating with national and international co-investigators. Throughout his career, he has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications and currently serves as the Scientific Lead for Big Data analytics at the Ottawa Methods Centre, providing statistical guidance to researchers at the Ottawa Hospital. His research spans advanced statistical and AI methodology in areas such as newborn screening, metabolomics, and maternal-newborn pediatric epidemiology.

Research Interests