Florence Tanguay

Senior Epidemiologist

I am a Senior Epidemiologist working in the Office of Situational Awareness in the Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response.  I am currently supporting the Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) in order to provide situational awareness and risk assessment on issues of public health importance domestically and globally.  I completed my undergraduate studies in microbiology and immunology at McGill University followed by a Master of Public Health at the Université de Montréal. I am a graduate of the Canadian Field Epidemiology Program. I have over 13 years of experience in communicable disease surveillance and outbreak response. I had the chance to work with diverse populations on various public health issues. They include supporting a tuberculosis outbreak in an Inuit community and a cryptosporidium outbreak in a federal prison. I worked in the Outbreak Management Division at the Public Health Agency of Canada for 5 years. 

Key publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Choucrallah D, Sarmiento L, Tanguay F, Heisz M, Falardeau E. Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins: Canada 2018. Can Comm Dis Rep. September 5 2019, 45(9): 244-51.

Pomerleau-Normandin D, Heisz M, Tanguay F. Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins: Canada 2017. Can Comm Dis Rep. November 5, 2018, 44(11):297–303.

Leung JWS, Cheng J, Tanguay F, Roscoe B, Davies D, Tinney S, Noseworthy AL, Holt AM, McCully A, Sunil V. Cryptosporidiosis outbreak investigation in a Canadian correctional facility using novel case finding tools. Journal of Correctional Health Care. March 13 2019, 25(1).

Tanguay F, Vrbova L, Anderson M, Whitfield Y, Macdonald L, Tschetter L, Hexemer A for the Salmonella Reading Investigation Team. Outbreak of Salmonella Reading in Persons of Eastern-Mediterranean Origin in Canada, 2014-2015. Can Comm Dis Rep. January 2017, 43(1):14-20.

Belanger P, Tanguay F, Hamel M, Phypers M. An overview of foodborne outbreaks in Canada reported through Outbreak Summaries: 2008-2014. Can Comm Dis Rep. November 5 2015, 41(11):254-62.

Thibeault C, Tanguay F, Rivest P, Lacroix C. A Case of Active Tuberculosis in a Cabin Crew: The Results of Contact Tracing. Aviat Space Environ Med. January 2012, 83(1):61-3.

 

Oral Presentations

Global Public Health Intelligence Network. Epidemic Intelligence from Open-Source (EIOS) Global Technical Meeting, Seoul, Republic of Korea, November 2019

Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins – The Canadian experience. International Meeting on Emerging Disease, Vienna, Austria, November 2018

Outbreak of Salmonella Reading in Persons of Eastern-Mediterranean background in Canada. International Symposium of Salmonella and Salmonellosis, Saint-Malo, France, June 2016.

 

Posters

Tanguay F, Heisz M. Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins in Canada. International Meeting on Emerging Disease, Vienna, Austria, November 2019 (presented in person)

Tanguay F, Gardhouse C, Tschetter L, Kearney A. Multiprovincial outbreak of Salmonella Infantis in Canada – Potential benefit of Whole Genome Sequencing during outbreak investigation. International Symposium of Salmonella and Salmonellosis, Saint-Malo, France, June 2016 (presented in person).

Tanguay F, Lacroix C, Blackburn M, Levac E. Surveillance de l’activité grippale lors de la pandémie – Quel est l’avenir de la surveillance syndromique en Montérégie? Journées annuelles de santé publique, Montréal, Québec, Nov 2011 (presented in person).

 

Published Reports and Other Publications

La grippe : une maladie encore présente et la vaccination encore indiquée. Sentinelle – Bulletin d’information en maladies transmissible. Direction de santé publique de la Montérégie. Janvier 2013, Vol 19(1).

Syphilis en hausse chez les jeunes de la Montérégie. Sentinelle – Bulletin d’information en maladies transmissible. Direction de santé publique de la Montérégie. Novembre 2012, Vol 18(12).

Maladie à déclaration obligatoire (MADO) en Montérégie : Rapport annuel 2008 et 2009. Gouvernement du Québec, Juin 2010.

Côté RJ, Dionne M, Tanguay F. Mesures générales de santé publique (en situation de pandémie d'influenza). Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 2007.