Dr. Andria Jones Bitton

 

Email: aqjones@uoguelph.ca

Office: 2505A - Stewart building
Ext: 54786
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Profile

Areas of Interest/Major Activities:

• Foodborne, waterborne and zoonotic diseases
• Disease surveillance

Specific Interests:

• Foodborne, waterborne & zoonotic diseases
• Small ruminants
• Veterinary public health
• Ecosystem health

Education

DVM, PhD - University of Guelph

Research

• Public perceptions and needs relating to drinking water
• Feral dogs in Guatemala: zoonotic disease surveillance and sustainable population control
• Surveillance for parasitic zoonoses in wildlife in Labrador, Canada

Teaching

• Epidemiology I (POPM*6200) - (Grad)
• Epidemiology (POPM*3240) - (Undergrad)

Links

Professional Experience & Honours

Invited member of the External Advisory Committee to the International Public Health Division of the Public Health Agency of Canada (2008 to present)

Selected Publications

• Henson S, Majowicz S, Maskaure O, Sockett P, Jones A, Hart R, Carr D, Knowles, L. Consumer assessment of the safety of restaurants: the role of inspection notices and other information cues. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2008; 127:43-52.
• A.Q Jones , S.E. Majowicz, V.L. Edge, M.K. Thomas, L. MacDougall, M. Fyfe, S. Atashband, S.J. Kovacs. Drinking water consumption patterns in British Columbia: an investigation of associations with demographic factors and acute gastrointestinal illness. Science of the Total Environment , 2007; 388(1-3): 54.
• A.Q Jones, C.E Dewey, K. Doré, S.E Majowicz, S.A McEwen, D. Waltner-Toews, S.J Henson, E. Mathews: A qualitative exploration of the public perception of municipal drinking water. Water Policy, 2007; 9(4): 425-438.
• A.Q Jones, C.E Dewey, K. Doré, S.E Majowicz, S.A McEwen, D. Waltner-Toews: Drinking water consumption patterns in a Canadian community. Journal of Water and Health 2006; 4(1): 125-138.
• A.Q Jones, C.E Dewey, K. Doré, S.E Majowicz, S.A McEwen, D. Waltner-Toews: Exposure Assessment in Investigations of Waterborne Illness. Epidemiological Perspectives and Innovations 2006; 26(3):6.
• A.Q Jones, C.E Dewey, K. Doré, S.E Majowicz, S.A McEwen, D. Waltner-Toews, E. Mathews, D.J Carr, S.J Henson: Public perceptions of drinking water: a postal survey of residents with private water supplies. BMC Public Health 2006; 6:94.
• D. Waltner-Toews, A.Q Jones: Teaching the epidemiology of foodborne disease. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 2006; 33(4):598-604.
• A.Q Jones, C.E Dewey, K. Doré, S.E Majowicz, S.A McEwen, D. Waltner-Toews, S.J Henson, E. Mathews: Public perception of drinking water from private water supplies: focus group analyses. BMC Public Health 2005; 5:129.
• A. Jones: Monensin toxicosis in 2 sheep flocks. Canadian Veterinary Journal 2001; 42:135- 136.