Candy Quinta Ochieng is a doctoral candidate in Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and a Researcher with the Urban Public Health Network (UPHN). She is currently completing her doctorate, with her primary research examining factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among visible minority groups in Canada. She holds a Master of Science in Vaccinology and Immunotherapeutics from the University of Saskatchewan, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Environmental Health from Daystar University (Kenya), and a Certificate in Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics from the University of Minnesota (USA). Since 2015, she has contributed to research on COVID-19 surveillance across Canadian jurisdictions, emergency policy response evaluations, housing affordability and health equity, and health information systems development, including enhancements to the UgandaEMR system and the implementation of a Bahmni-based e-hospital platform. Her broader research interests include vaccine equity, emergency preparedness, intersectoral emergency management for vulnerable populations, integrated human-animal health interventions, health policy, and global health.