Alejandra Irace Cima

Alejandra Irace Cima is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the School of Public Health, Université de Montréal. Her work focuses on zoonotic diseases, particularly Lyme disease and West Nile virus, with emphasis on climate change impacts and public health surveillance systems.

Her research explores vector-borne disease dynamics, antibiotic prescribing practices, and One Health approaches to disease control. She has contributed to policy recommendations for tick-borne infection prevention and led initiatives to map disease distribution under climate change scenarios.

Key areas of expertise include:

• Zoonotic disease epidemiology
• Climate change adaptation strategies
• Public health surveillance frameworks
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Tick ecology and distribution modeling

Her publications address Lyme disease burden projections, West Nile virus entomological surveillance, and development of integrated zoonosis monitoring systems. She collaborates with Quebec's public health institutions like INSPQ to translate research into actionable health policies.