Kristian Filion

Kristian B. Filion, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health of McGill University and an Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. He obtained his PhD in Epidemiology from McGill’s Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health and completed his post-doctoral training in Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health of the University of Minnesota.

Professor Filion has been actively participating in CNODES since July 2011. During this time, he has led three CNODES studies, served as the liaison for the CPRD site on several studies, and contributed to several collaborations with the CNODES Methods Team. He is a member of the Training Team and a Methods Team collaborator. In July 2016, he was appointed as Co-Lead of the CPRD Team and member of the CNODES Steering Committee.

In addition to his work with CNODES, Prof. Filion leads an active research program in pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, cardiovascular epidemiology, and knowledge synthesis studies. He holds a senior salary support award from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – santé and a William Dawson Scholar award from McGill University.  He has authored or co-authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association.