Aranie Vijayaratnam
Research Analyst, Health
About
Aranie has experience in leading quantitative and qualitative research and analysis in multidisciplinary fields that span public health, criminal justice, and health economics. She comes to Signal49 Research with a MSc focusing on health technology assessment from the University of Toronto. During this time, she was a recipient of the Canadian Institute of Health Research’s Graduate Scholarship for her nation-wide work on the cost utility of a parent-training program for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities with The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Aranie also has past research and program evaluation experience on projects for Stella’s Place in Toronto, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York University, and the John Howard Society of Ontario.
Employment History
- Research Analyst, The Conference Board of Canada (2025 – 2026)
- Graduate Trainee, The Hospital for Sick Children (2021 – 2024)
- Evaluation Assistant, Stella’s Place (2021 – 2022)
- Research and Evaluation Analyst, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (2018 – 2021)
- Analyst, John Howard Society of Ontario (2017 – 2018)
Academic Qualifications
- M.Sc. in Health Systems Research – Health Technology Assessment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (2024)
- B.Sc. (Honours) in Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (2015)