Jane Heffernan
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B.Ed., Queen's University
M.Sc., PhD., University of Western Ontario
Transition time distributions and stochasticity in immunological models of HIV infection. (PhD)''
Jane Heffernan | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc., Trent University 1996 B.Ed., Queen's University M.Sc., PhD., University of Western Ontario |
| Thesis | ''The effects of genetic drift and mutation in experimental evolution. (MSc) Transition time distributions and stochasticity in immunological models of HIV infection. (PhD)'' |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | York University |
Jane Marie Heffernan is a Canadian mathematician. Her research focuses on understanding the spread and persistence of infectious diseases. She is a full professor at York University and a Tier 2 York Research Chair in Multi-Scale Quantitative Methods for Evidence-Based Health Policy. Heffernan is the director of York University's Centre for Disease Modelling (CDM Archived 2019-11-01 at the Wayback Machine), and has served on the board of directors of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS). She is also a past president (2023–25) of the Society for Mathematical Biology.
As a youth, Heffernan decided she enjoyed studying mathematics and decided to pursue a career as a math teacher. She earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science from Trent University, graduating in 1996, before going on to do a B.Ed.degree at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario[1] followed by an M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. She completed her PhD thesis - "Tradition time distributions and stochasticity in immunological model of HIV infection" - in 2006.[2]
Career
Heffernan joined the York University faculty in 2007.[1] She was also named director of the Centre for Disease Modelling.[3]
In 2014, Heffernan and fellow York University professor Derek Wilson co-authored a paper titled "The Undead: A Plague on Mankind or a Powerful New Tool for Epidemiological Research."[4] In 2015, she was appointed a York Research Chair.[5] As a result of her research in the Modelling Infection & Immunity Lab, she also won the CAIMS-PIMS Early Career Award.[6] The next year, York University recognized her as a research leader.[7]
In 2018, Heffernan, Joel D. Katz, and Paul Ritvo co-analyzed a pain management app that claimed to identify and forecast changes in pain experiences of users.[8]