> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Isha Berry - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/isha-berry/ - Published: 1999-01-02T18:37:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-02-07T19:02:33.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual **Isha Berry** is a Canadian epidemiologist based in Toronto, Ontario. She is affiliated with the Canadian Association for Global Health (CAGH).[\[1\]](#fn1) ## History Berry was a visiting doctoral and research fellow at the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in Bangladesh from March to December 2019.[\[2\]](#fn2) She worked in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Berry worked as a research assistant for the Public Health Training for Equitable Systems Change (PHESC) Collaborative in Fall 2019.[\[3\]](#fn3) Berry co-founded the [COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Canada-Open-Data-Working-Group) in March 2020 with Jean-Paul Soucy.[\[2:1\]](#fn2)[\[4\]](#fn4)[\[5\]](#fn5) The project is funded by the [Public Health Agency of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Public-Health-Agency-of-Canada) (PHAC), and conducts digital surveillance of COVID-19 cases in Canada to curate a publicly available line list and public-facing data dashboard.[\[6\]](#fn6) From March 2020 to November 2021, Berry participated in the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellowship program at the [Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Johns-Hopkins-Center-for-Health-Security).[\[7\]](#fn7) Following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Berry served as a member of the secretariat for the Modelling Consensus Table on the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.[\[8\]](#fn8) Berry completed her PhD at the [Dalla Lana School of Public Health](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Dalla-Lana-School-of-Public-Health), University of Toronto in 2022 with a dissertation on avian influenza in Bangladesh.[\[9\]](#fn9) Her professors included [David Fisman](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/David-Fisman), Amy Greer, Shaun Morris, and Punam Mangtani. A collaborator of Berry's was Mahbubur Rahman. From July 2022-June 2024, Berry served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer with the U.S. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Centers-for-Disease-Control-and-Prevention) (CDC). In July 2024, she joined the [CDC Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CDC-Foundation) as an epidemiologist.[\[10\]](#fn10) ## Research Berry's research centers around the One Health framework, an ideology that views animal, human and environmental health as a connected entity in an infectious diseases context.[\[2:2\]](#fn2) ### Funding Berry has published research on avian influenza funded by a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (jointly administered by the [Canadian Institutes of Health Research](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institutes-of-Health-Research), [Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Natural-Sciences-and-Engineering-Research-Council-of-Canada), and [Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Social-Sciences-and-Humanities-Research-Council-of-Canada)), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and the National Geographic Society.[\[11\]](#fn11) Another influenza publication - co-authored by [David Fisman](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/David-Fisman), Jeff Kwong, [Allison McGeer](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Allison-McGeer), and Ashleigh Tuite - was funded by the [Canadian Immunization Research Network](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Immunization-Research-Network) (CIRN).[\[12\]](#fn12) ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=isha%5Fberry) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishaberry/) --- 1. *Isha Berry.* Canadian Association for Global Health. Retrieved June 24, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. Berry, I. (2022, May 6). *Research Interests.* Google Cache; Isha Berry. [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) [↩︎](#fnref2:2) 3. *U of T leading a new training program to strengthen Ontario’s public health workforce.* (2018, October 9). Dalla Lana School of Public Health. [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. Berry, I., & Soucy, J.-P. (2020, August 7). *Advanced Methods Webinar - COVID-19 Canada Open Data and Visualization with R Shiny.* PopulationData BC. [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *About Us.* COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group. Retrieved May 10, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. Berry, I. (2021). *Declaration of Interest*. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. Alexopulos, N. *Class of 2021 from the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellowship.* Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved May 10, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Our Partners.* Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved May 9, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. Isha Berry \[@ishaberry2\]. (2022, March 24). *Excited to be a newly minted Dr Isha Berry! Thank you to my committee ( @DFisman @AmyGreerKalisz Shuan Morris & Punam Mangtani) collaborators ( @MahbuburDr ), and the many other that supported me on this journey @UofT\_dlsph ! It has been a real privilege completing this PhD!* \[Tweet\]. Twitter. [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. *Isha Berry.* LinkedIn. Retrieved March 29, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. Berry, I., Rahman, M., Flora, M. S., Greer, A. L., Morris, S. K., Khan, I. A., Sarkar, S., Naureen, T., Fisman, D. N., & Mangtani, P. (2021). Frequency and patterns of exposure to live poultry and the potential risk of avian influenza transmission to humans in urban Bangladesh. *Scientific Reports, 11*(1). [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. Berry, I., Tuite, A. R., Salomon, A., Drews, S., Harris, A. D., Hatchette, T., Johnson, C., Kwong, J., Lojo, J., McGeer, A., Mermel, L., Ng, V., & Fisman, D. N. (2020). Association of Influenza Activity and Environmental Conditions With the Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease. *JAMA Network Open, 3*(7), e2010167\. [↩︎](#fnref12)