Anindya Sen, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest papers

Forecasting daily COVID-19 cases with gradient boosted regression trees and other methods: evidence from U.S. cities.
Frontiers in public health · 2023 · first author
Do more stringent policies reduce daily COVID-19 case counts? Evidence from Canadian provinces.
Economic analysis and policy · 2023 · first author
The impact of JUUL market entry on cigarette sales: evidence from a major chain retailer in Canada.
Harm reduction journal · 2023

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Evaluating the impact of local, provincial, and national cannabis policies among youth in the COMPASS system
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
Canadian partnership on public policy-oriented consumer interest research
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$200,000
CIHR Training Grant in Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention: A Pan Canadian Program
CIHR · 2008 · Co-investigator
$1,950,000

All 4 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Forecasting daily COVID-19 cases with gradient boosted regression trees and other methods: evidence from U.S. cities.

Sen A, Stevens NT, Tran NK, Agarwal RR, Zhang Q, Dubin JA

Frontiers in public health2023First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1259410 PMID: 38146480

02

Do more stringent policies reduce daily COVID-19 case counts? Evidence from Canadian provinces.

Sen A, Baker JD, Zhang Q, Agarwal RR, Lam JP

Economic analysis and policy2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2023.03.006 PMID: 36941918

03

The impact of JUUL market entry on cigarette sales: evidence from a major chain retailer in Canada.

Xu Y, Sen A, Chen T, Harris CM, Prakash S

Harm reduction journal2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00790-1 PMID: 37161460

04

Identifying the Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Political Determinants of Social Mobility and Their Effects on COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: Evidence From US Counties.

Jalali N, Tran NK, Sen A, Morita PP

JMIR infodemiology2022

DOI: 10.2196/31813 PMID: 35287305

05

Estimating the Effects of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Population Mobility on Daily COVID-19 Cases: Evidence from Ontario.

Stevens NT, Sen A, Kiwon F, Morita PP, Steiner SH, Zhang Q

Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques2022

DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2021-022 PMID: 36039068

06

Estimating the impacts of cigarette taxes on youth smoking participation, initiation, and persistence: empirical evidence from Canada.

Sen A, Wirjanto T

Health economics2010First author

DOI: 10.1002/hec.1548 PMID: 19816884

07

Obesity, smoking, and cigarette taxes: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Surveys.

Sen A, Entezarkheir M, Wilson A

Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2010First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.04.003 PMID: 20570008

08

Is health care a luxury? New evidence from OECD data.

Sen A

International journal of health care finance and economics2005First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10754-005-1866-4 PMID: 15912314

Evaluating the impact of local, provincial, and national cannabis policies among youth in the COMPASS system

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Partnerships for Cannabis Policy Evaluation

Principal investigators: Leatherdale, Scott; De Groh, Margaret; Laxer, Rachel E

Keywords: Cannabis Use; Longitudinal/Cohort Study; Mental Health (Deoression, Anxiety, Flourishing); National, Provincial, Local Stakeholders; Poly Substance Use (Tobacco, Alcohol, Opioids, E-Cig); Primary Prevention; Program And Policy Evaluation / Interventions; Quasi-Experimental Design; School-Based; Youth/Adolescent

Canadian partnership on public policy-oriented consumer interest research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kerton, Robert R.

Keywords: consumer; consumption; innovation; digital economy; consumer interest; network; regulation; behavioral decision-making; consumer advocacy; health and safety; research-sharing; policy; standards; incentives; financial literacy; redress; training

$200,000

CIHR Training Grant in Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention: A Pan Canadian Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: Cameron, Roy; Ferrence, Roberta G; Gotay, Carolyn C; Plotnikoff, Ronald C; Raine, Kim D; Riley, Barbara L

Keywords: Cancer; Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic Disease Prevention; Diabetes; Experimental; Knowledge Exchange; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical Activity; Policy Research; Population Intervention; Qualitative; Quasi-Experimental; Tobacco

$1,950,000

Estimating the impact of cigarette taxes on maternal smoking, infant birth weight and development

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sen, Anindya

Keywords: maternal smoking; cigarette taxes; infant birth weight; child development

$30,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

School of Economics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Qihuang Zhang

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Tony Wirjanto

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2010

Jean-Paul Lam

School of Economics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sen, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Forecasting daily COVID-19 cases with gradient boosted regression trees and other methods: evidence from U.S. cities." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]