Expert Comments on Available Evidence
The DEPRESSD Project
A Unique and Rigorous Data Platform for Depression Screening Research
Name: Neil Faught
Email: faught.neil@gmail.com
Position: Biostatistician
Biography:
Neil joined the DEPRESSD team in September 2025. Neil completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Guelph in 2016, and Master of Science degree in Statistics at Simon Fraser University in 2020. While in school, Neil held co-op positions at several organizations, such as Statistics Canada and Canadian Tire Financial Services. His Master’s research focused on Grizzly Bear population dynamics in British Columbia, Canada.
Since graduating from Simon Fraser University, Neil has worked in the biostatistics space. He has worked as a Biostatistician at the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, performing statistical analysis for Cancer and HIV/AIDS-related public health studies respectively. He has also worked at the contract research organization Syneos Health, where he helped design and analyze Phase 1 clinical trials.
Awards:
- Graduate Fellowship – Simon Fraser University (2018, 2019)
- College of Physical and Engineering Science Graduation Prize – University of Guelph (2017)
- College of Physical and Engineering Science, Member of Society of Excellence – University of Guelph (2016)
- Dean’s Scholarship – University of Guelph (2013, 2015, 2016)
- R.C. Moffatt Memorial Scholarship in Mathematical Science – University of Guelph (2014, 2015)
- T.D. Newton Memorial Scholarship – University of Guelph (2013)
- Entrance Scholarship – University of Guelph (2012)
Publications:
Lima, V. D., Takeh, B. T., Faught, N., Nathani, H., Zhu, J., Emerson, S., ... & Montaner, J. S. (2025). Development and validation of a mortality risk prediction index score for adults living with HIV and multiple chronic comorbidities. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(2), 2926.
Arya, S., Mozessohn, L., Gong, I., Faught, N., Liu, N., Singh, S., ... & Cheung, M. C. (2024). The impact of marginalization on diffuse large B-cell lymphoma overall survival: a retrospective cohort study. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 65(5), 629-637.
Castelo, M., Paszat, L., Hansen, B. E., Scheer, A. S., Faught, N., Nguyen, L., & Baxter, N. N. (2023). Comparing time to diagnosis and treatment between younger and older adults with colorectal cancer: a population-based study. Gastroenterology, 164(7), 1152-1164.
Castelo, M., Sutradhar, R., Faught, N., Mata, D. G. M., Hahn, E., Nguyen, L., ... & Rakovitch, E. (2023). The association between surgical axillary staging, adjuvant treatment use and survival in older women with early stage breast cancer: a population-based study. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 30(7), 3901-3912.
Gong, I. Y., Cheung, M. C., Chan, K. K., Arya, S., Faught, N., Calzavara, A., ... & Mozessohn, L. (2023). Mortality among patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and mental disorders: a population-based study. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 115(10), 1194-1203.
Rodin, D., Sutradhar, R., Nofech-Mozes, S., Gu, S., Faught, N., Hahn, E., ... & Rakovitch, E. (2022). Long-term outcomes of women with large DCIS lesions treated with breast-conserving therapy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 192(1), 223-233.