Country: Vietnam
Position: Health Risk Assessment / Health Impact Specialist
International Partner: CENPHER
Placement Date: March - July 2018
Talia is a graduate of the University of Guelph, having completed her Master's of Science in Epidemiology in Fall 2017. Her research interests include zoonotic and foodborne diseases and global health. Talia's Master's research looked at Salmonella prevalence on Canadian dairy farms and is currently undergoing edits for publishing.
Talia worked with CENPHER staff to provide support, take part in study design, and conduct data analysis on health risk assessment projects.
Register now for our World Rabies Day 2026 webinar, bringing together perspectives from Alaska, Ukraine, and Laos to explore why rabies persists despite being preventable — and what stronger access, local capacity, coordination, and resilient animal and human health systems can contribute to progress toward ending human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
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