Denzel is a first-year Master of Public Health (MPH) student in Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, where he is also pursuing a collaborative specialization in Global Health. Denzel has a background in clinical research at Toronto General Hospital, with a focus on improving the quality of life of people living with chronic diseases and addressing access and outcome inequities. Beyond the classroom, Denzel works with the Canadian Black Scientist Network, enjoys playing soccer and music, and is a member of the University of Toronto Triathlon Club.
His interdisciplinary interests center on working with disease models to advance health equity among marginalized communities.
Dr. Mehmet Nuri Gördük, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Mardin Artuklu University in Türkiye and currently a Visiting Scholar at the Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modeling Laboratory (AIMMlab) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. He is a public health specialist with research interests in infectious disease modeling and epidemiology. His research focuses on developing integrated modeling frameworks to improve outbreak management, optimize healthcare resource allocation, and enhance early warning systems for communicable diseases. He also has substantial field experience as both a physician and a public health administrator in managing and controlling outbreaks of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, tuberculosis, and measles.
Infectious disease modeling, epidemic forecasting, optimization of healthcare resource allocation, early warning systems, intervention modeling, and public health decision support systems.
