Dr. Gravel (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. He obtained his MSc and PhD in Probability and Statistics from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton University followed by post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University, where he is currently an Adjunct Professor. His research is on the development and improvement of methods for drug and vaccine safety studies with a particular focus on measurement error models, disproportionality analysis and causal inference. In addition, prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Gravel worked for Health Canada where he developed interests in the use of biostatistics for regulatory decision-making, and designed and taught a regular course the subject. He currently teaches advanced biostatistics for graduate students in the epidemiology program.