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 York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

and a Tier 2 York Research Chair in Multi-Scale Quantitative Methods for Evidence-Based Health Policy. She is the director of the Centre for Disease Modelling
CDM
, and is on the board of directors of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society
CAIMS
.

Early life and career

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 Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.

before completing her master's degree at Queen's.

Career

Heffernan joined the York University faculty in 2007. She was also named director of the Centre for Disease Modelling. 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.''" In 2015, she was appointed a York Research Chair. As a result of her research in the Modelling Infection & Immunity Lab, she also won the CAIMS-PIMS Early Career Award. The next year, York University recognized her as a research leader. 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.

Awards

Heffernan has received awards including: Governor Generals Gold Medal, NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (Warwick, UK), NSERC University Faculty Award, MRI Ontario Early Researcher Award, and the Petro-Canada Young Innovators Award.

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