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 He was a member of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] until his resignation in August 2021. He came under fire related to an undisclosed conflict of interest regarding school closures. He has received funds from [[pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]] and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]] related to [[COVID-19]].
 ===== Education =====
-Fisman attended [[Western University]], then the [[Harvard University]] School of Public Health for his Master of Public Health.((//David Fisman.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fisman-465a243/))
+Fisman attended the [[University of Western Ontario]], then the [[Harvard University]] School of Public Health for his Master of Public Health.((//David Fisman.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fisman-465a243/))
 ===== Affiliations =====
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 ==== Ecojustice ====
-Fisman has acted as a //pro bono// advisor to environmental law charity Ecojustice.((Fisman, D. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_David-Fisman2.pdf))
+Fisman has acted as a //pro bono// advisor to environmental law charity [[Ecojustice]].((Fisman, D. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_David-Fisman2.pdf))
 ==== Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario ====
-The [[Toronto Sun]] reported that Fisman was retained by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario to provide an opposing opinion on school reopenings in a document dated September 2020. Fisman served on the science table at the same time. It’s a situation that one leading expert says is a potential conflict of interest and Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office calls “deeply concerning.”
+The [[Toronto Sun]] reported that Fisman was retained by the [[Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario]] to provide an opposing opinion on school reopenings in a document dated September 2020. Fisman served on the science table at the same time. It’s a situation that one leading expert says is a potential conflict of interest and Ontario Premier [[Doug Ford]]’s office calls “deeply concerning.”
 “Where a person receives payment for speaking on behalf of a special interest group, it would almost certainly be appropriate to declare this as a potential conflict of interest when working in roles that are even slightly related,” explained Dr. Euzebiusz Jamrozik, from the bioethics research centre at Oxford University, in an email to the Sun.((Furey, A. (2021, January 26). //Science table member paid by teacher union for arguing against school reopenings.// Toronto Sun. https://archive.ph/pXWkP))
-This conflicted affiliation is further concerning because the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (with which the ETFO is surely associated) is a member organization of the [[World Economic Forum]],((//Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.// World Economic Forum. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://archive.ph/arl0l)) and holds financial stakes in several companies that benefit financially from the maintaining of online learning and mandatory masking and vaccination policies.((Ronnie. (2021, March 19). //FCLT Global; World Economic Forum; CPPIB; Ontario Teachers.// Canuck Law. https://canucklaw.ca/fclt-global-world-economic-forum-cppib-ontario-teachers/)) Those companies include [[Mastercard]], [[BlackRock]], [[Blackstone]], [[3M]] (who manufactures masks), [[pharmaceutical_companies:Abbott]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]], and many others.((//Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Writ of Memorandus.// (2021, September 10). Peoples of the Salmon. https://peoplesofthesalmon.net/files/ONTARIO-TEACHERS-PENSION-PLAN-WRIT-OF-MANDAMUS.pdf))
+This conflicted affiliation is further concerning because the [[Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan]] (with which the ETFO is surely associated) is a member organization of the [[World Economic Forum]],((//Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.// World Economic Forum. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://archive.ph/arl0l)) and holds financial stakes in several companies that benefit financially from the maintaining of online learning and mandatory masking and vaccination policies.((Ronnie. (2021, March 19). //FCLT Global; World Economic Forum; CPPIB; Ontario Teachers.// Canuck Law. https://canucklaw.ca/fclt-global-world-economic-forum-cppib-ontario-teachers/)) Those companies include [[Mastercard]], [[BlackRock]], [[Blackstone]], [[3M]] (who manufactures masks), [[pharmaceutical_companies:Abbott]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]], and many others.((//Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Writ of Memorandus.// (2021, September 10). Peoples of the Salmon. https://peoplesofthesalmon.net/files/ONTARIO-TEACHERS-PENSION-PLAN-WRIT-OF-MANDAMUS.pdf))
 ==== National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases ====
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 ==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ====
-Fisman was a member of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]], until he resigned in August 2021.((DeClerq, K. (2021, August 23). //Ontario COVID-19 science table member resigns, alleges that modelling data “projects a grim fall.”// CTV News Toronto. DeClerq, K. (2021, August 23). Ontario COVID-19 science table member resigns, alleges that modelling data “projects a grim fall.” CTV News Toronto. https://archive.ph/y17Gj)) The reason for his resignation was allegedly that the group was sitting on data that predicted "a grim Fall" for 2021, and that politics were influencing decision making as well as the way in which information was shared with the public.((Fisman, D. (2021, August 23). //It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to resign from Ontario’s science and modeling tables.  I wish every success to the colleagues who remain on these tables. Ontario needs a public health system that is arm’s length from politics.// [Tweet]. Twitter. https://archive.ph/1VUVn))
+Fisman was a member of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]], until he resigned in August 2021.((DeClerq, K. (2021, August 23). //Ontario COVID-19 science table member resigns, alleges that modelling data “projects a grim fall.”// CTV News Toronto. https://archive.ph/y17Gj)) The reason for his resignation was allegedly that the group was sitting on data that predicted "a grim Fall" for 2021, and that politics were influencing decision making as well as the way in which information was shared with the public.((Fisman, D. (2021, August 23). //It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to resign from Ontario’s science and modeling tables.  I wish every success to the colleagues who remain on these tables. Ontario needs a public health system that is arm’s length from politics.// [Tweet]. Twitter. https://archive.ph/1VUVn))
 ==== Ontario Medical Association ====
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 Titles of his various presentations include "Infectious Diseases and Climate Change: What's the Connection?", "Epidemiology, Modeling and Forecasting of COVID-19: The Nuts and Bolts", and "Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases--An Introduction for Mathophiles and Mathophobes Alike".
 ==== Ontario Nurses Association ====
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 ==== SickKids ====
-Fisman worked as a scientist at [[SickKids]] from September 2006 - August 2009.((//David Fisman.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fisman-465a243/))
+Fisman worked as a scientist at [[SickKids]] from September 2006 - August 2009.((//David Fisman.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fisman-465a243/)) While in this position he published research on the seasonality of infectious diseases funded by the [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]] (NIAID).((Fisman, D. N. (2007). //Seasonality of infectious diseases.// Annual Review of Public Health, 28(1), 127–143. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144128))
 ==== Toronto East Health Network ====
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 ==== University of Toronto ====
-Fisman has been a professor of epidemiology at the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] at the [[University of Toronto]] since September 2009.((//Fisman, David N.// Dalla Lana School of Public Health; University of Toronto. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://archive.ph/zl6ud)) ((//David Fisman.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fisman-465a243/))
+Fisman has been a professor of epidemiology at the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] at the [[University of Toronto]] since September 2009.((//Fisman, David N.// Dalla Lana School of Public Health; University of Toronto. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://archive.ph/zl6ud)) ((//David Fisman.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-fisman-465a243/)) He was recently announced as a professor at the new [[Institute for Pandemics]] at U of T.((The Canadian Press. (2020, August 19). //University of Toronto launches Institute for Pandemics after $1M donation.// Canoe. https://archive.ph/PtakW)) ((//Institute for Pandemics.// University of Toronto. Retrieved April 29, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220407165343/https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/pandemics/#who))
+He was a teacher for [[Isha Berry]] during her PhD.((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. https://archive.ph/yb13j))
 ===== Relationships with Pharmaceutical Companies =====
 Fisman is a paid member of [[COVID-19]] related advisory boards for [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]] and [[pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]].((Fisman, D. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_David-Fisman2.pdf))
+===== Activities =====
+==== Presentations ====
+=== Institute on Science for Global Policy ===
+Fisman has been featured as a presenter and scientific author associated with the [[Institute on Science for Global Policy]].((//Biographical information of scientific presenters.// (2015). Institute on Science for Global Policy. https://web.archive.org/web/20220430070217/http://scienceforglobalpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ScientificPresentersBios.pdf)) ((Fisman, D. //Bugs and Bucks: Infectious Disease Persistence is a Matter of Economics**.// Institute for Science on Global Policy. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220430070228/http://scienceforglobalpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/5522e3ff39c1c-Fisman.pdf))
+==== Publications ====
+  * May 8, 2023: [[http://archive.today/2023.05.10-202734/https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991698|Study of Hospitalizations in Canada Quantifies Benefit of COVID-19 Vaccine to Reduce Death, ICU Admissions]]
+===== External links =====
+  * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/david-fisman/|White Rose Wiki]]