Joanna Merckx is an epidemiologist, pediatrician and infectious diseases subspecialist. Joanna holds a Master in Epidemiology from McGill University as well as a Doctorate in medicine with a specialty in pediatrics from the University of Louvain, Belgium. Joanna completed her fellowship training in the subspecialty of pediatric infectious diseases at the McGill University Health Centre.Read more She holds a certificate in Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium. Joanna is an Affiliate and course lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health. She currently serves as the Director of Medical Affairs Canada for the global diagnostic company bioMérieux, specialized in the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
Joanna’s expertise and research focus lay in diagnostics and diagnostic epidemiology in the field of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. She has research experience in vaccinology, clinical epidemiology and meta-analysis work and is involved in pediatric and perinatal epidemiology. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam in the field of diagnostic epidemiology. In addition, she has published on social inequalities and the application of social (racial) constructs in medicine.