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Canada

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Epidemiologist (MSc) | Systematic Reviews & Evidence Synthesis | Public Health Research

Profile Summary

Candace Rusling, MSc, is an epidemiologist specializing in research methodology and evidence synthesis within public health and clinical research. She works with academic researchers, clinicians, and health organizations to design and conduct rigorous systematic reviews and evidence syntheses suitable for publication, grant development, and policy use. Her work focuses on translating complex research questions into structured and transparent review methodologies. She provides support across the systematic review process, including protocol development, literature screening, data extraction, risk of bias assessment, and preparation of manuscripts consistent with PRISMA reporting standards. Candace’s approach is methodologically driven. While she has particular interests in health services research, rural and northern health systems, social determinants of health, and early life adversity, she enjoys collaborating across a wide range of health research topics and approaches each project as an opportunity to apply rigorous epidemiological methods to new questions. She works with multidisciplinary research teams seeking reliable methodological support to complete high-quality evidence syntheses and research outputs.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Epidemiology
• ★ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ Clinical Trials Data Analysis
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Rural Development
• ☆ Global Health
• ☆ Disease Control And Prevention
• ☆ Community Health Services
• ☆ Quality of Life Assessment
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Medical Writing

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Independent Researcher

Independent Researcher

June 2025 - Present

Graduate Researcher

University of Aberdeen

September 2023 - December 2025

Education

Masters of Science

University of Aberdeen

September 2023 - November 2025

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.