Ali Asgary, professor of disaster and emergency management, is part of a national team awarded a $1.65 million Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grant to train future leaders in data-driven, equity-focused public health. The initiative will equip students with advanced skills to better protect communities during health emergencies.
Asgary is an expert in disaster, emergency and business continuity management. His research interests include post disaster recovery and reconstruction, business continuity and risk assessment, disaster and emergency simulations and modeling, applications of AI, VR, AR and MR, and geomatics in disaster and emergency management, and cost-benefit analysis and decision making under uncertainty.