Dr. Benita Hosseini

Dr. Banafshe (Benita) Hosseini's research focuses on pandemic preparedness, incorporating adaptive platform trials to evaluate treatments for respiratory infections, implementing diagnostic tools to enhance early detection and monitoring, and applying the One Health approach to address the interconnected challenges across human, animal, and ecosystem health.

Dr. Hosseini’s work also explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to predict health outcomes, improve healthcare system efficiency, and inform early warning systems for respiratory infections. She is committed to advancing health equity and understanding the role of social determinants of health (SDoH) in shaping health outcomes. Her research examines how individual and neighborhood-level factors contribute to health inequities and works to address barriers to care, particularly for vulnerable populations.

Dr. Hosseini is a Scientist with Upstream Lab at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.