Eric Lussier

Experience

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  University of Victoria

  Sept 2001 - Apr 2004

  Students with a Disability Aide
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  City of Richmond

  Apr 2004 - Aug 2006

  • Project Lead

    Apr 2005 - Aug 2006

  • Project Associate

    Apr 2004 - Apr 2005
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  Carleton International School

  Apr 2007 - Aug 2009

  English Instructor
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  NCL Media (U.K.) Ltd. Taiwan Branch

  Oct 2009 - Sept 2010

  PR and Marketing Associate
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  Taipei City Government , Department of Health

  Nov 2011 - Apr 2013

  High-Risk Family Research Fellow

  • Secured $100,000 1-year grant to evaluate a healthcare subsidy community program for +7,000 high-risk families facing acute adverse events and wrote Master's thesis.• Liaised with Department Director providing recommendations for local/national policy.• Presented findings at International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research conference in the Netherlands and at a Social Welfare conference in Taiwan

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  Veterans General Hospital Kaohsiung

  May 2012 - Oct 2012

  Qualitative Researcher & Mindfulness Intervention Instructor

  • Designed & taught a mental health intervention to 35 PTSD diagnosed Taiwan Aboriginal students• Held teachers and leaders intervention training to empower and sustain intervention practice adoption• Produced video media for guiding teachers, leaders, and students to maintain weekly mindfulness practice • Performed 20 qualitative interviews investigating community barriers to Aboriginal health in Taiwan• Published findings from qualitative program evaluation

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  National Yang Ming University

  Apr 2013 - Mar 2015

  Adjunct Professor, Public Speaking and Academic Writing
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  John Tung Foundation, Tobacco Control Division

  Mar 2014 - Mar 2015

  Data and Policy Analyst
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  Taipei Veterans General Hospital

  Apr 2015 - Apr 2019

  • Research Consultant

    Sept 2016 - Apr 2019

  • Research Assistant

    Apr 2015 - Sept 2016
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  Taiji Fetal Medicine Clinic

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2022

  • Led 13 (qualitative and quantitative) data collection and analysis projects, ranging from: 30 to 15,000 patients, $10,000 to $200,000 in budgets, managing up to 10 researchers.• Designed and evaluated an 11-site pediatric screening registry for 3 years (+10,000 patients), monitoring monthly progress, evaluating & designing evidence-based protocol• Performed advanced statistical analysis (regression, ROC, contingency screening, etc.), and wrote 13 manuscripts for publications (13 published).• Headed two 3-months research skill courses, training 10 health professionals (nurses, radiological technicians and physicians) to perform research activities (proposal, literature analysis, research ethics, data collection, data management, statistical analysis, and knowledge dissemination) Show less

  • Research Consultant

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2022

  • Director of Health Research

    Aug 2017 - Sept 2019

  • Research Associate

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2017
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  Provincial Health Services Authority

  Oct 2019 - Jan 2023

  Research Development Facilitator

  • Maintained above average funding rate on provincial and national competitions (15-25% higher than national and institute average funding rates), developing +$30 million in external research funding• Advised +50 research teams at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute (BCCHRI) and BC Women's Hospital Research Institute (WHRI) to facilitate research project development and funding for research idea formation, grant writing, research logistics (budget, knowledge translation, team composition, etc.), and initiated inter-departmental collaborations • Developed communication strategy and maintained Wordpress website for updating members about upcoming funding news, opportunities and learning event dissemination, and award recognition• Provided support for institution strategic initiatives (EDI Committee, Digital Health Infrastructure, Competency-Based Graduate program development) by providing project management, grant writing, stakeholder engagement, research operation, and qualitative analysis skills• Supported a team in writing a successful grant application for a digital health infrastructure investment from Digital Supercluster and Mitacs ($4M, 2 years) Show less

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  Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada

  Jan 2023 - now

  Senior Epidemiologist / Biostatistician

  • Advised on epidemiology, surveillance and data pipelines to optimize disease surveillance data and IT infrastructure strategic plans• Coordinated surveillance stakeholder engagement to inform surveillance data infrastructure and digitization efforts using qualitative/quantitative data to inform decision-making• Led development of system performance stakeholder engagement and analysis of engagement data, and provided recommendations to senior executives on resource allocation and deployment• Coordinated emergency data readiness working group for wildfire public health response to establish key players, data assets, and data sharing partnerships for establishing real-time data assets and linkages• Developed interactive Power BI dashboards for descriptive on public health surveillance informatics across Canada on surveillance data pipelines, surveillance networks, and financial resources• Provided capacity building at PHAC through a Surveillance Community of Practice and Steering Committee secretariat capacity to support governance of CoP governance Show less