Core & Collaborating Researchers

Contact

Communications Group
Human Factors Research and Engineering Section
Defence Research & Development Canada - Toronto
1133 Sheppard Avenue West
P.O. Box 2000
Toronto, Ontario
M3M 3B9

Tel: 416-636-2037
Fax: 416-635-2013
E-mail: sharon.abel@drdc-rddc.gc.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Defence Scientist and Group Leader, Communications, Human Factors Research and Engineering Section, Defence Research & Development Canada - Toronto
• Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Cross-Appointments: Institute of Medical Science, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Noise-induced hearing loss and its prevention
• Auditory information processing with aging and hearing loss
• Sound localization - effects of auditory and visual dysfunction
• Factors affecting auditory reaction time

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Abel SM, Crabtree RB, Salisbury DA. Risk factors for noise-induced hearing loss in Canadian Forces personnel. Veterans Affairs Canada. 2002-2006.
• Abel SM, Nakashima A. Canadian Forces auditory protection and perception. Defence Research and Development Canada, Military Operational Medicine Thrust, Internal Operating Grant. 2005-2008.
• Abel SM, Arrabito R, Nakashima A, Crebolder J. Attention and workload in auditory-visual task. Defence Research and Development Canada, Human Factors in Military Systems Thrust, Internal Operating Grant. 2005-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Figueiredo, J.C., Abel, S.M. and Papsin, B.C. (2001). “The effect of the Audallion BEAM former preprocessor on sound localization for cochlear implant users.” Ear and Hearing 22,539-547.
• Propst, E.J., Gordon, K.S., Harrison, R.V., Abel, S.M. and Papsin, B.C. (2002). “Sound frequency discrimination in normal-hearing listeners and cochlear implantees.” UTMJ 79(2), 100-106.
• Abel, S.M., Figueiredo, J.C., Consoli, A., Birt, C.M. and Papsin, B.C. (2002). “The effect of blindness on horizontal plane sound source identification.” Int. J. Audiol. 41(5), 285-292.
• Bance, M., Abel, S.M., Papsin, B.C., Wade, P. and Vendramini, J. (2002). “A comparison of the audiometric performance of bone anchored hearing aids and air conduction hearing aids.” Otol. Neurotol. 23(6), 912-919
• Abel, S.M., Sass-Kortsak, A. and Kielar, A. (2002). “The effect on earmuff attenuation of other safety gear worn in combination.” Noise & Health 5, 1-13.
• Smith, D.G., Baranski, J.V., Thompson, M.M. and Abel, S.M. (2003). “The effects of background noise on cognitive performance during a 70 hour simulation of conditions aboard the International Space Station.” Noise and Health, 6 (21), 3-16.
• Abel, S.M. and Paik, J.E.S. (2004). “The benefit of practice for sound localization without sight.” Appl. Acoust. 65(3), 229-241.
• Abel, S.M. and Lam, Q. (2004). “Sound attenuation of the Indoor/Outdoor Range E-A-R® plug.” Military Medicine 169, 551-555.
• Abel, S.M., Crabtree, R.B., Baranski, J.V., Smith, D.G., Thompson, M.M., Steeneken, H..J.M., Verhave, J.A., Buckey, J.C., Alvarenga, D.L. and Comtois, J.-M. (2004). “Hearing and performance during a 70-hr exposure to noise simulating the space station environment.” Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 75, 764-770.
• Abel, S.M. and Tikuisis, C. (2005). “Sound localization with monocular vision.” Applied Acoustics, 66, 932-944.
• Abel, S.M. and Paik, J.E.S. (2005). “Sound source identification with ANR earmuffs.” Noise & Health 7(27), 1-10.
• Abel, S.M. (2005). “Hearing loss in military aviation and other trades: Investigation of prevalence and risk factors.” Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 76(12), 1128-1135.

Contact

Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Toronto
Health Sciences Building
155 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 3M7

Tel: 416-978-6282
Fax: 416-978-2087
E-mail: paul.corey@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Cross appointments: Faculty of Nursing, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto
• Member, Institute for Medical Sciences, University of Toronto
• Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Work and Health

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Application of longitudinal and survival models
• Use of Markov chains to estimate healthy life expectancy
• Estimation of lot consistency

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Silverman F, Urch B, Corey P, Gold D, Brook J, Brook R, Kovach J, Scott J. Project: Cardiovascular Toxicity of Concentrated Ambient Fine, Ultrafine and Coarse Particles in Controlled Human Exposures. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Research. STAR-H1. Particulate Matter Research Centers. 2005-2010.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• SA. Harris, PN. Corey, AM. Sass-Kortsak, JT. Purdham. The development of a new method to estimate total daily dose of pesticides in professional turf applicators following multiple and varied exposures in occupational settings. Int. Arch. of Occup. and Environ. Health (2001), 74: 345-358.
• Harris S.A., A.M. Sass-Kortsak., P.N. Corey, and J. Purdham. Development of models to predict dose of pesticides in professional turf applicators. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology (2002), 12: 130-144.
• SA. Harris, AM. Sass-Kortsak, PN. Corey, JT. Purdham Pesticide exposures in professional turf applicators, job titles, and tasks performed: Implications of exposure measurement error for epidemiologic study design and interpretation of results. American J Ind Med (2005) 48:205-216.

Contact

Division of Dermatology
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, Room M1-736
Toronto, Ontario
M4N 3M5

Tel: 416-480-4905
Fax: 416-480-6897
E-mail: joel.dekoven@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
• Consultant Physician, Occupational Disease Specialty Program, Department of Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Contact dermatitis
• Occupational Disease Specialty Program - in depth assessment of workers referred by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) with possible work-related dermatitis or contact urticaria

Currently Funded Research Projects

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Barankin B, DeKoven J. Psychosocial Effect of Common Skin Diseases. Can Fam Physician 2002; 48:712-716.
• Sauder DN, DeKoven J, Champagne P, Croteau D, Dupont E. Neovastat (AE -941), an inhibitor of angiogenesis: Randomized phase I/II Clinical Trial Results in patients with plaque Psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2002; 47: 535-41.
• Murray CA, DeKoven J, Spaner DE. Foreign Body Granuloma: A New Manifestation of Immune Restoration Syndrome. J Cutan Med Surg 2003; 7(1): 38-42.
• Rao J, DeKoven JG, Beatty JD, Jones G. Cutaneous Angiosarcoma as a delayed complication of Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Breast. J Am Acad Dermatol 2003; 49: 532-38.
• Saary J, Qureshi R, Palda V, DeKoven J, Pratt M, Skotnicki-Grant S, Holness L. A Systematic Review of Contact Dermatitis Treatment and Prevention. J Am Acad Dermatol 2005; 53:845-55.
• Donovan JCH, DeKoven JG. Case Report: Crossreactions to Desoximetasone and Mometasone Furoate in a patient with Multiple Corticosteroid Allergies. Dermatitis 2006;17: 1-5.

Contact

Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Toronto
Health Sciences Building
155 College Street, Room 556
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 3M7

Tel: 416-978-8502
Fax: 416-978-2087
E-mail: joan.eakin@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Senior Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Work and Health

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Social dimensions of work and health (including etiology, prevention, change, disability & rehabilitation) health and safety in small workplaces, unconventional work health and non-conventional forms of work return to work policy & practice health and work organization social relations of work
• Critical social science as applied to health
• Qualitative research methodology
• Social theory in the health field

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Eakin J, MacEachen E, Clarke J. The logic of practice: An ethnographic study of front-line service work with small businesses in Ontario’s Workplace Health Insurance Agency. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2005-2007.
• Tompa E (PI), Mantis S (Community PI), Eakin J (Co-I with 10 other team members). Worker Compensation and the Consequences of Work Injury. SSHRC CURA (Community-University Research Alliance). 2006-2011.
• Eakin J, House R, Holness DL. Why is occupational disease under-reported? Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Eakin, J., Cava, M., Smith, T.* “From Theory to Practice: A Determinants Approach to Workplace Health Promotion in Small Businesses”, Health Promotion Practice 2001, 2(2) 172-181.
• Brooker, A.S. and Eakin, J. “Gender, Class, Work-Related Stress and Health: Towards a Power-Centred Approach”, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology 2001, 11: 97-109.
• Tarasuk,V. and Eakin, J. “Charitable food distribution as symbolic gesture: An ethnographic study of food bank work in Ontario”, Social Science and Medicine, 56 (7) 1505-1515 (2003).
• Eakin, J. and Mykhalovskiy, E. “Reframing the evaluation of qualitative health research: Reflections on a review of appraisal guidelines in the health sciences”, Journal of Evaluation of Clinical Practice, 2003, 9 (2) 187-194.
• Eakin, J. MacEachen, E. and Clarke, J. “‘Playing it smart’ with return to work: Small workplace experience under Ontario’s policy of self-reliance and early return”, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 2003, 01 (2) 20-41.
• Eakin, J. & Mykhalovskiy, Eric (2005, April). Teaching Against the Grain: A Workshop on Teaching Qualitative Research in the Health Sciences. Conference Report: A National Workshop on Teaching Qualitative Research in the Health Sciences [43 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line international journal], 6(2), Art. 42. Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/a5b6c7/05-2-42-e.htm
• Eakin, J. and Endicott, M. “Staging a Study of Work-Related Injury and Return-to-Work: Knowledge transfer through Research-Based Theatre”, CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health. Moving population and public health knowledge into action: A casebook of knowledge translation stories / Mise en application des connaissances : Recueil de cas d’application des connaissances. Ottawa: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2006. (With the Canadian Population Health Initiative.)

Contact

E-mail: faughnanm@smh.toronto.on.ca
Web biography: www.utoronto.ca/respirology/who/Marie_Faughnan.html

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Staff Physician, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
• Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
• Director, HHT Program, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (diagnosis, treatment, outcomes)
• Genetic diagnosis for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
• Mechanisms of development of vascular malformations in HHT
• Hepatopulmonary syndrome
• COPD, effects of and air pollution

Currently Funded Research Projects

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Faughnan M.E., Thabet A., Mei-Zahav M., Colombo M., MacLusky I., Hyland R.H., Pugash R.A., Chait P., Henderson K., White R.I. Jr. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in children: outcomes of Transcatheter embolotherapy. (in press, Journal of Pediatrics)

Contact

Program in Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine
Health Sciences Centre, Room 3H54
McMaster University
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3Z5

Tel: 905-525-9140 x22333
Fax: 905-528-8860
E-mail: hainest@mcmaster.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
• Cross appointment: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
• Medical Staff, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• The influence of occupational ergonomic and toxicological exposures on upper extremity function.
• Measurement of workers’ knowledge, perceptions and responses regarding occupational health and safety; measurement of perceptions by occupational populations and the public regarding the need for policy change.

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Stringer B, Haines T, Shain M, Baumann A, Catano V, Fleming M, Francis L, Goeree R, Kates N, Kirsh B, Krupa T, Lero D, Lewchuk W, MacMillan H, Shannon H, Viens C. Evaluating Mental Health Works: a feasibility study. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. 2006-2007.
• Pejovic-Millic A, Chettle D, Haines T, Oudyk J, Pysklywec J, Roels H. Pilot Study of Manganese Accumulation in Ontario Workers. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. 2006-2007.
• To T, Holness L, Lougheed D, Cicutto L, Haines T. A Pilot Implementation and Evaluation of an Occupational Asthma Surveillance System in Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long Term Canada - Occupational Asthma Surveillance Phase II. 2006-2008.
• Thoma A, Haines T, Duku E, Sprague S. Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Dupuytren’s Disease Undergoing Excision Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study. Surgical Associates. 2006-2007.
• Catano V, Francis L, Haines T, Stringer B, Kirpalani H, Shannon H, Viens C. A National Occupational Stress Survey of Canadian University Faculty. Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). 2005-2007.
• Haines T, Stringer B, Miller J. Canadian Media Study. Communication Energy and Paperworkers’ Union (CEP). 2005-2007.
• Viens C, Stringer B, Haines T, and 30 other researchers. Programme de Recherche participative et évaluative visant l’Optimisation de la gestion des milieux de travail: Application de Connaissances, Transfert d’expertise, Interventions novatrices, Formation de leaders transformationnels (Pro-Actif). Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (FCRSS). 2006-2009.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Hoving JL, Gross AR, Gasner D, Kay T, Kennedy C, Hondras MA, Haines T, Bouter LM (2001): A critical appraisal of review articles on the effectiveness of conservative treatment for neck pain. Spine 26(2):196-205.
• Hill C, Langis W, Petherick J, Campbell C, Haines T, Andersen J, Conley K, White J, Lightfoot N, Bissett RJ (2001): Assessment of hand-arm vibration syndrome in a Northern Ontario base metal mine. Chronic Diseases in Canada. 22: 88-92.
• Worster A, Preyra I, Weaver B, Haines T (2002): The accuracy of non-contrast helical computerized tomography vs. intravenous pyelography in the diagnosis of suspected acute urolithiasis: a meta-analysis. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 40:280-286.
• Gross A, Kay T, Hondras M, Goldsmith C, Haines T, Peloso P, Kennedy C, Hoving J. (2002): Manual therapy for mechanical neck disorders: a systematic review. Man Ther 7(3): 131-149.
• Devereaux PJ, Choi P, Lacchetti D, Weaver B, Schuneman H, Haines T. et al (2002): A systematic review and meta-analyis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals. CMAJ 166: 1399-1406.
• Worster A, Haines T (2002): Does replacing intravenous pyelography with noncontrast helical computed tomography result in benefit for patients with suspected acute urolithiasis in a community setting? Can Assoc Radiol J. 53 (3): 144-148.
• Devereaux PJ, Schünemann HJ, Ravindran N, Bhandari M, Garg AX, Choi PT-L, Grant BJB, Haines T, Lacchetti C, Weaver B, Lavis JN, Cook DJ, Haslam DRS, Sullivan T, Guyatt GH (2002): Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not for profit hemodialysis centers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 288: 2449-2457.
• Worster A, Haines T (2002): Medical record review studies: An overview. Israeli J Trauma, Intensive Care, and Emerg Med 2(2): 21-26.
• Oudyk J, Haines AT, D’Arcy, J (2003): Investigating respiratory responses to metalworking fluid exposure. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 18: 939-949.
• Gross A, Hoving J, Haines T, Goldsmith C, Kay T, Aker P, Bronfort G, Cervical Overview Group (2004): Manipulation and mobilisation for mechanical neck disorders. (Cochrane Review) In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, Oxford: Update Software.
• Worster A, Haines T (2004): Understanding Medical record review (MRR) studies. Acad Emerg Med 11: 187-192.
• Devereaux PJ, Heels-Ansdell D, Lacchetti C, Haines T, Burns K, Cook D, et al. (2004): Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals - a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ 170: 1817 - 24.
• Thoma A, Veltri K, Haines T, Duku E: (2004) A systematic review of reviews comparing the effectiveness of endoscopic and open carpal tunnel decompression. Plas Reconstr Surg. 13 (4): 1184-1191.
• Thoma A, Veltri K, Haines T, Duku E: (2004) A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing endoscopic and open carpal tunnel decompression. Plast Reconstr Surg. 114 (5): 1137-1146.
• Thoma A, Veltri K, Haines T, Goldsmith C, O’Brien B, Quartly C: (2004) A methodological guide to performing a cost-utility study comparing surgical techniques. Can J Plast Surg. 12: 179-87.
• Gross A, Hoving J, Haines T, Goldsmith C, Kay T, Aker P, Bronfort G, Cervical Overview Group (2004): A Cochrane review of manipulation and mobilization for mechanical neck disorders. Spine. 29 (14): 1541 - 48.
• Shannon H, Muir A, Haines T, Verma D (2005): Mortality and cancer incidence in Ontario glass fibre workers. Occupational Medicine. Occupational Medicine. 55: 528-534.
• Peloso P, Gross A, Haines T, Goldsmith CH, Aker P, Trinh K, Cervical Overview Group (2005): Medicinal and injection therapies for mechanical neck disorders. In: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2.
• Kroeling P, Gross A, Goldsmith CH, Cervical Overview Group (2005): Electrotherapies for mechanical neck disorders. In: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2.
• Peloso P, Gross AR, Haines TA, Trinh K, Goldsmith CH, Aker P (2006): Medicinal and injection therapies for mechanical neck disorders: a Cochrane systematic review. Journal of Rheumatology. 33: 957-67.

Contact

St Michael’s Hospital
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing - 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario

E-mail: holnessl@smh.toronto.on.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Director, Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease
• Director, Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, University of Toronto and St Michael’s Hospital
• Associate Professor, Departments of Public Health Sciences, Medicine and Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto
• Director, Division of Occupational Medicine, University of Toronto
• Chief, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
• Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Occupational skin disease – contact dermatitis, causes, diagnostic methods, outcomes, return to work, quality of life
• Occupational lung disease – administrative aspects, compensation, outcomes
• Occupational health services – provision of occupational health services, occupational health services management, return to work programs

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Silverman FS, Holness DL. Research Program in Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Injury. National Sanitarium Association. 2000-2008.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Holness DL, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A. Effects of cleaning agents in asthma among professional cleaners. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Holness DL, Liss GM, Tarlo SM, Pratt M, Sasseville D, Kudla I. Key exposures causing work-related allergic contact dermatitis and evidence for dual causation of occupational asthma. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.
• Kudla I, Holness DL, Liss GM, Shargall Y, Hoffstein V. Identifying possible work-related lung cancer in the clinical setting - getting started. WorkSafeBC. 2006-2007.
• Scott JA, Sass-Kortsak A, Krajden S, McGeer A, Holness L. Biophysical characteristics of influenza bioaeresols in healthcare institutions. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2009.
• To T, Holness L, Lougheed D, Cicutto L, Haines T. A Pilot Implementation and Evaluation of an Occupational Asthma Surveillance System in Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long Term Canada - Occupational Asthma Surveillance Phase II. 2006-2008.
• Scott JA, Sass-Kortsak A, Krajden S, McGeer A, Holness L. Biophysical characteristics of influenza bioaeresols in healthcare institutions. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2009.
• Switzer-McIntyre SL, Holness DL, Beaton D. Hand and upper extremity function in workers with occupational contact dermatitis. WSIB. 2006-2008.
• Eakin J, House R, Holness DL. Why is occupational disease under-reported? WSIB. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Holness DL. Dermatitis in hairdressers. Clinics Occup Env Med 2001;1:45-57.
• Tarlo SM, Leung K, Broder I, Silverman F, Holness DL. Asthmatics subjects symptomatically worse at work. Prevalence and characterization among a general asthma clinic population. Chest 2000;118:1309-1314.
• Holness DL, Mace S. The results of evaluating health care workers with prick and patch testing. Am J Contact Dermatitis. 2001;12:88-92.
• Saary J, House RA, Holness DL. Dermatitis in a particleboard manufacturing facility. Contact Dermatitis 2001;44:325-330.
• Saary J, Kanani A, Al Ghadir H, Holness DL, Tarlo SM. Changes in rates of natural rubber latex sensitivity among dental students and staff after changes in latex gloves. J All Clin Immun 2002;109:131-135.
• Qureshi R, House RA, Ehlig U, Holness DL. Hydrofluoric acid burns. Cdn J Emerg Med 2003.
• Cicutto L, Braidy C, Moloney S, Hutcheon M, Holness DL, Downey GP. Factors and issues affecting attaining paid employment following lung transplantation, J Heart Lung Transplantation 2004;23:481-486.
• Holness DL. Return-to-work issues for workers with contact dermatitis: results of a stakeholder survey. Contact Dermatitis 2003;49:273-275
• Holness DL. Health care services use by workers with work-related contact dermatitis. Am J Contact Dermatitis 2004;15:18-24.
• Holness DL, Somerville S, Kosny A, Gadeski J, Mastandrea JJ, Sinclair GM. Workplace health and safety concerns in service organizations in the inner city. J Urban Health 2004;81:489-497.
• Saary J, Qureshi R, Palda V, DeKoven J, Pratt M, Skotnicki-Grant S, Holness L. A systematic review of contact dermatitis treatment and prevention. J Amer Acad Derm 2005;53:845-855.
• Tarlo SM, Malo, J-L, workshop members. 100 key questions and needs in occupational asthma. Eur Respir J 2006;27:607-614.

Contact

GE Canada
2300 Meadowvale Blvd. - T39
Mississauga, Ontario
L5N 5P9

Tel: 905-858-5676
Fax: 905-858 5276
Email: roland.hosein@corporate.ge.com

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
• Vice President, GE Canada Inc. Corporate Health, Safety and Environment

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Modeling exposures in the workplace with limited information
• Chlorinated material (especially PCB’s and TCE) behaviour in the atmosphere, soil, groundwater and ecosystems
• Behaviour of nanoparticles in the atmosphere and lung
• Development and transfer of environmental standards globally especially developing countries and NGO’s
• Control and regulating of workplace carcinogens across Canadian jurisdictions
• Statesmanship for the environment
• Voluntary management system as a proxy for the law
• Asbestos in the environment

Currently Funded Research Projects

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

Contact

St Michael’s Hospital
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing - 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8

Tel: 416-864-5074
Fax: 416-864-5421
E-mail: houser@smh.toronto.on.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Staff Physician, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome (health effects related to the use of hand-held vibrating tools) - classification, diagnosis, prognosis, risk factorst

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Green L, House R. Mortality Study of Hydro One Forestry Workers. Hydro One. 2004-2008.
• Eakin J, House R, Holness DL. Why is occupational disease under-reported? WSIB. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Saary MJ, House RA, Holness DL. Dermatitis in a particleboard manufacturing facility. Contact Dermatitis 2001;44(6):325-30.
• Cooke R, House R, Lawson IJ, Pelmear PL, Wills M. Hand-arm vibration syndrome from exposure to high pressure hoses. Occup Med 2001;51(6):401-409.
• Schweigert M, Sax S, House R. Investigation of pulmonary function among employees exposed to low levels of monomeric isocyanates and solvents at an automobile finishings plant. J Occup Environ Med 2002;44(11): 1083-90.
• Qureshi R, House R, Yulig E, Genosove L, Holness L. Hydrofluoric acid burn: a case report. Can J Emerg Med 2002;4(4).
• Saary J, House RA. Preventable exposure to trimethyl tin chloride: A case report.Occup Med (Lond) 2002;52(4):227-230.
• House R. Is elevated chromium linked to chronic fatigue? (Experts on Call). Can J Diagnosis2004;21(2):25.
• Thompson A, Wills M, House R. Pulmonary pseudotumour in an asbestos exposed worker. Occup Med (Lond). 2004 Oct;54(7):494-6.
• Alotabi S, Tarlo S, House R. Quality of life in patients with latex allergy. Occup Med (Lond).2005;55(2):88-92.
• Bogach I, Kudla I, House R. Perceptions about hearing protection and noise-induced hearing loss of attendees of rock concerts. Can J Pub Health 2005;96(1):69-72.
• Liss GM, House RA, Wills MC. Cranial neuropathy associated with chlorinated solvents. Am J Ind Med.2006;49(4):310.
• Thompson A, House R. Hand-arm vibration syndrome with concomitant arterial thrombosis in the hands. Occup Med (Lond). 2006 Aug;56(5):317-21.

Contact

St Michael’s Hospital
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing - 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8

Tel: 416-864-6060 x3236
Fax: 416-864-5421
E-mail: kudlai@smh.toronto.on.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Occupational Disease Prevention Specialist, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
• Lecturer, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Focus on occupational exposure assessment methodology including development of standardized data collection instruments for use in epidemiological and intervention studies.

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Holness DL, Liss GM, Tarlo SM, Pratt M, Sasseville D, Kudla I. Key exposures causing work-related allergic contact dermatitis and evidence for dual causation of occupational asthma. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.
• Kudla I, Holness DL, Liss GM, Shargall Y, Hoffstein V. Identifying possible work-related lung cancer in the clinical setting - getting started. WorkSafeBC. 2006-2007.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Bogoch II, House RA, Kudla I. Perceptions About Hearing Protection & Noise-Induced Hearing Loss of Attendees of Rock Concerts. Can J of Pub Health, January-February 2005.

Contact

Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit
University of Toronto
223 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1R4

Tel: 416-326-7880
Fax: 416-326-7661
E-mail: gary.liss@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
• Medical Consultant, Occupational Health and Safety Branch, Ontario Ministry of Labour

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Research content areas include occupational asthma/occupational lung disease (specific sensitizers such as natural rubber latex, acid anhydrides, and diisocyanates); and examination of whether medical surveillance for occupational asthma improves outcomes and reduces incidence.
• Other areas of collaboration include epidemiologic investigations of Dupuytren’s contracture and work exposures; hand arm vibration syndrome; and barriers to diagnosis of occupational asthma.

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Holness DL, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A. Effects of cleaning agents in asthma among professional cleaners. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, Liss G, Silverman F, Tarlo S. Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles and the relationship to early indicators of cardiopulmonary effects. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Tarlo SM and Liss GM. Review of trends in work-related asthma claims and possible role of medical surveillance. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2005-2007.
• Holness DL, Liss GM, Tarlo SM, Pratt M, Sasseville D, Kudla I. Key exposures causing work-related allergic contact dermatitis and evidence for dual causation of occupational asthma. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.
• Kudla I, Holness DL, Liss GM, Shargall Y, Hoffstein V. Identifying possible work-related lung cancer in the clinical setting - getting started. WorkSafeBC. 2006-2007.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Romaschin A, Scott J, Scott J. Use of a chemiluminescent assay for endotoxin to assess occupational exposure. Ontario Thoracic Society. 2006-2008.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Al-Musaed AM, Balter M, Mazer B, Hoffstein V. The prevalence of chronic beryllium disease among sarcoidosis patients in Ontario. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Tarlo SM, Easty A, Eubanks K, Min F, Juvet S, Liss G. Outcomes of a natural rubber latex (NRL) control program in an Ontario teaching hospital. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001; 108:628-633.
• Liss GM, Tarlo SM. Natural rubber latex-related occupational asthma: association with interventions and glove changes over time. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:347-353.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Can medical surveillance measures improve the outcome of occupational asthma? [editorial] J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001; 107:583-585.
• Tarlo S, Rhee K, Powell E, Amer E, Newman L, Liss G, Jones N. Marked tachypnea in siblings with chronic beryllium disease due to copper-beryllium alloy. Chest 2001; 119:647-650.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Diisocyanate-induced asthma: diagnosis, prognosis, and effects of medical surveillance measures. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2002; 17:902-908.
• Liss GM, Tarlo SM. Work-related asthma: difficulties in assessing relationships from population-based surveys. [Invited editorial] Occup Environ Med 2002; 59:503-504.
• Tarlo SM, Liss G, Yeung KS. Changing rates of accepted compensation claims for occupational asthma due to diisocyanates versus other causes in Ontario 1980-1993: A possible effect of intervention measures. Occup Environ Med 2002; 59:58-62.
• Liss GM, Tarlo SM. Work-related asthma: difficulties in assessing relationships from population based surveys. Editorial in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2002: 59;503-504
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Practical implications of studies in occupational rhinoconjunctivitis. (Ediotiral) J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 112:1047-1049.
• Tarlo SM, Liss G. An oasys for occupational asthma. (Letter to the Editor). Can Med Assoc J 2003; 169: 189-190
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Occupational Asthma: an approach to diagnosis and management. CMAJ: 2003; 168:867-871.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Greene JM, Purdham J, McCaskell L, Kipen H, Kerr M. Work-attributed symptom clusters (darkroom disease) among radiographers versus physiotherapists: Associations between self-reported exposures and psychosocial stressors. Am J Ind Med. 2004; 45:513-521.
• Bernstein DI, Wanner M, Borish L, Liss GM. Twelve-year survey of fatal reactions to allergen injections and skin testing: 1990-2001. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004; 113: 1129-1136.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Greene JM, Purdham J, McCaskell L, Kipen H, Kerr M. Work-attributed symptoms (darkroom disease) among radiographers versus physiotherapists: associations between self-reported exposures and psychosocial stressors. Am J Ind Med 2004; 45: 513-521.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Evidence based guidelines for the prevention, identification and management of occupational asthma. [Invited commentary] Occup Environ Med 2005; 62:288-289.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Prevention of occupational asthma - practical implications for occupational physicians. [Commissioned article] Occupational Medicine 2005; 55:588-594.
• Amin H, Liss GM, Bernstein DI. Evaluation of near-fatal reactions to allergen immunotherapy injections. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006; 117:169-175.
• Liss GM, House RA, Wills MC. Cranial neuropathy associated with chlorinated solvents. RE: Facial nerve palsy after acute exposure to dichloromethane. [Letter] Am J Ind Med 2006; 49:310.
• Tricco AC, Colantonio A, Chipman M, Liss G, McLellan B. Work-related traumatic brain injury deaths. Brain Injury 2006; 20:719-724.

Contact

Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Toronto
Health Sciences Building
155 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 3M7

Tel: 416-946-7804
Fax: 416-978-8299
E-mail: wendy.lou@utoronto.ca
Web biography: http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/lou/

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
• Canada Research Chair in Statistical Methods for Health Care

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Distribution Theory of Runs and Patterns and Its Applications
• Measures for Continuity of Care
• Joint Modeling for Longitudinal and Survival Data
• Analysis of Patterns and Repeats in DNA sequences
• Methods for Health Care Quality Monitoring

Currently Funded Research Projects

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

Contact

The Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Queen’s University
102 Stuart Street
Kingston, Ontario
K7L 2V6

Tel: 613-548-2348
Fax: 613-549-1459
E-mail: mdl@post.queensu.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston
• Director, Asthma Program, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston
• Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Hotel Dieu Hospital

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Symptom perception in asthma
• Lung mechanics in asthma
• Asthma epidemiology
• Asthma education

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Aaron S, Lougheed D et al. Detection of an Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in adult Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Clinics - Epidemiology and Clinical Implications. Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 2004-2007.
• Aaron S, Lougheed D et al. Detection of an Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in adult Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Clinics - Epidemiology and Clinical Implications. CIHR. 2004-2008.
• To T, Holness L, Lougheed D, Cicutto L, Haines T. A Pilot Implementation and Evaluation of an Occupational Asthma Surveillance System in Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long Term Canada - Occupational Asthma Surveillance Phase II. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Lougheed MD, Flannery J, Webb K.A., O’Donnell DE. Respiratory sensation and ventilatory mechanics during induced bronchoconstriction in spontaneously breathing low cervical quadriplegia. Am J Respir Crit Care Medicine 2002; 166:370-376
• Hopman W, Garvey N, Olajos-Clow J, White-Markham A, Lougheed MD. Outcomes of asthma education: Results of a multi-site evaluation. Can Respir J 2004; 11(4): 291-297
• Olajos-Clow J, Costello E, Lougheed MD. Perceived Control and Quality of Life in Asthma: Impact of Asthma Education. J Asthma 2005; 42(9): 751-756
• Garvey N, Lougheed MD. Asthma in Ontario: Ontario’s Asthma Plan of Action. Can Respir J 2006, 13(Suppl A): 32A-33A. (Supplement title: Implementing practice guidelines: A workshop on guidelines dissemination and implementation with a focus on asthma and COPD).
• Lougheed MD, Garvey N, Chapman KR, Cicutto L, Dales R, Day A, Hopman W, Lam M, Sears M, Szpiro K, Paterson NAM. The Ontario Asthma Regional Variation Study: Emergency Department Visit Rates and the Relation to Hospitalization Rates. Chest 2006;129 (4):909-917).
• Lougheed MD, Fisher T, O’Donnell D. Dynamic hyperinflation during mild bronchoconstriction in asthma: Implications for symptom perception. Chest 2006;130 (4):1072-1081.

Contact

St Michael’s Hospital
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing - 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8

Tel: 416-864-6060 x3333
Fax: 416-864-5421
E-mail: mannom@smh.toronto.on.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Biostatistician, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
• Lecturer, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Biostatistics
• Multivariate survival analysis
• Occupational health

Currently Funded Research Projects

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Swift MB, Cole DC, Beaton DE, Manno M. Health care utilization and workplace interventions for neck and upper limb problems among newspaper workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2001; 43(3): 265-275.
• Cole DC, Manno M, Beaton DE, Swift MB. Transitions in self-reported musculoskeletal pain and interference with activities among newspaper workers. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2002; 12(3):163-174.
• Breslin C, Koehoorn M, Smith P, Manno M. Age related differences in work injuries and permanent impairment: A comparison of workers’ compensation claims among adolescents, young adults, and adults. Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2003: 60(9): E1.
• Kristman V, Manno M, Cote P. Loss to follow-up in cohort studies: how much is too much? European Journal of Epidemiology, 2004; 19(8):751-60.
• Croitoru ME, Cleary SP, Di Nicola N, Manno M, Selander T, Aronson M, Redston M, Cotterchio M, Knight J, Gryfe R, Gallinger S. Association between biallelic and monoallelic germline MYH mutations and colorectal cancer risk. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2004; 96(21):1631-1634.
• Ramji F, Cotterchio M, Manno M, Rabaneck L, Gallinger S. Association between subject factors and colorectal cancer screening participation in Ontario, Canada. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 2005;29(3):221-6.
• Cotterchio M, Manno M, Klar N, McLaughlin J, Gallinger S. Colorectal screening is associated with reduced colorectal cancer risk: a case-control study within the population-based Ontario Familial Colorectal Cancer Registry. Cancer Causes and Control, 2005 Sep;16(7):865-75.
• Fazio L, Cotterchio M, Manno M, McLaughlin J, Gallinger S. Association between colonic screening, subject characteristics, and stage of colorectal cancer. Am J Gastroenterol 2005;100:2531-2539

Contact

Department of Microbiology
Mount Sinai Hospital
600 University Avenue, Room 1460
Toronto Ontario, M5G 1X5

Tel: 416-586-3118
Fax: 416-586-3140
E-mail: amcgeer@mtsinai.on.ca
Web biography: http://microbiology.mtsinai.on.ca/staff/amcgeer.shtml

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Medicine and Public Health Sciences
• Microbiologist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
• Director, Division of Infection Control, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Epidemiology of invasive bacterial diseases
• Evaluation of adult vaccines
• Evolution and prevention of antimicrobial resistance

Currently Funded Research Projects

• McGeer A, Low DE, Schwartz B, Humar A. Immunopathogenesis of severe group A streptococcal infections. NIH. 1998-2007.
• Loeb M, Brazil K, Marrie T, McGeer A, Nicolle L, Upshur R. Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Seniors (New Emerging Team). Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2003-2008.
• Louie M, Irwin R, Levallois P, McEwen S, McGeer A, Neumann N. Prospective multi-province surveillance for antimicrobial resistant E. coli in drinking and recreational source waters. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2004-2009.
• McGeer A, Valiquette L, Cadarette S, Corey P, Devlin R, Gold W, L’Abbe AC, Muller M, Mulvey M, Pepin J, Poutanen S, Simor A. Derivation of clinical prediction rules to identify patients with complicated outcomes the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2005-2008.
• Scott JA, Sass-Kortsak A, Krajden S, McGeer A, Holness L. Biophysical characteristics of influenza bioaeresols in healthcare institutions. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2009.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Allard JP, Aghdassi E, McArthur M, McGeer A, Simor A, Abdolell M, Stephens D, Liu B. Nutrition risk factors for survival in the elderly living in Canadian long term care facilities. J Am Geriar Soc 52:59-65, 2004.
• Tang P, Louie M, Richardson SE, Smieja M, Simor AE, Jamieson F, Fearon M, Poutanen SM, Mazzulli T, Tellier R, Mahony J, Loeb M, Petrich A, Chernesky M, McGeer A, Low DE, Phillips E, Jones S, Bastien N, Li Y, Dick D, Grolla A, Fernando L, Booth TF, Henry B, Rachlis AR, Matukas LM, Rose DB, Lovinsky R, Walmsley S, Gold WL, Krajden S, Ontario Laboratory Working Group for the Rapid Diagnosis of Emerging Infections. Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experience. CMAJ 170:47-54, 2004.
• Loeb M, McGeer A, Simor A, Walter SD, Bradley S, Low DE, Moss L. Facility-level correlates of antimicrobial use in nursing homes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 25 (2): 173-6, 2004.
• Muller MP, McGeer A, Straus SE, Hawryluck L, Gold WL. Clinical trials and novel pathogens: Lessons learned from SARS. Emerg Infect Dis 10 (3): 389-94, 2004.
• Loeb M, McGeer A, Henry B, Ofner M, Rose D, Hlywka T, Levie J, McQueen J, Smith S, Moss L, Smith A, Green K, Walter SD. SARS among critical care nurses, Toronto. Emerg Infect Dis 10(2): 251-5, 2004.
• Loutfy M, Wallington T, Rutledge T, Mederski B, Rose K, Kwolek S, McRitchie D, Ali A, Wolff B, White D, Glassman E, Ofner M, Low DE, Berger L, McGeer A, Wong T, Baron D, Berall G. Hospital Preparedness and SARS. Emerg Infect Dis 10 (5):771-6, 2004.
• Raboud JM, Saskin R, Wong K, Moore C, Parucha G, Bennett J, Green K, Low DE, Loeb M, Simor A, McGeer A. Patterns of hand-washing behaviour and visits by health care workers to patients in a general medical ward. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 25 (3): 198-202, 2004.
• Sandoval C, Walter SD, McGeer A, Simor AE, Bradley SF, Moss LM, Loeb MB. Nursing home residents and Enterobacteriaceae resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004;10(6):1050-5.
• McDonald LC, Simor AE, Su IJ, Maloney S, Ofner M, Chen KT, Lando JF, McGeer A, Lee ML, Jernigan DB. SARS in healthcare facilities, Toronto and Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):777-81.
• Gershon AS, McGeer A, Bayoumi AM, Raboud J, Yang J. Health care workers and the initiation of treatment for latent tuberculous infection Clin Infect Dis 2004;39(5):667-72.
• Beres SB, Sylva GL, Sturdevant DE, Granville CN, Liu M, Ricklefs SM, Whitney AR, Parkins LD, Hoe NP, Adams GJ, Low DE, DeLeo FR, McGeer A, Musser JM Genome-wide molecular dissection of serotype M3 group A Streptococcus strains causing two epidemics of invasive infections. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004;101(32):11833-8.
• Powis J, McGeer A, Green K, Vanderkooi O, Weiss K, Zhanel G, Mazzulli T, Kuhn M, Church D, Davidson R, Forward K, Hoban D, Simor A, Low DE; Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network. In vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates obtained in Canada in 2002. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004;48(9):3305-11.
• Boyd DA, Tyler S, Christianson S, McGeer A, Muller MP, Willey BM, Bryce E, Gardam M, Nordmann P, Mulvey MR. Complete nucleotide sequence of a 92-kilobase plasmid harboring the CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase involved in an outbreak in long-term-care facilities in Toronto, Canada. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004;48(10):3758-64.
• McGeer A, Lee W, Loeb M, Simor AE, McAthur M, Green K, Hayfron-Benjamin J, Gardner C. Adverse effects of amantadine and oseltamivir used during respiratory outbreaks in a center for developmentally disabled adults 2004; 25(11):955-61.
• Marshall DA, McGeer AJ, Jaszewski BA, Grootendorst PV, Green KA, Laframboise MF, Lam LA, Low DE, MacLeod SM. Resistance to antibiotics: administrative response to the challenge. Manag Care Interface 2004;17(12)20-9.
• Borgundvaag B, Ovens H, Goldman B, Schull M, Rutledge T, Boutis K, Walmsley S, McGeer A, Rachlis A, Farqhuarson C. SARS outbreak in the greater Toronto area: the emergency department experience. CMAJ 2004;171(11)1342-4.
• Risebrough NA, Bowles SK, Simor AE, McGeer A, Oh, PI. Economic evaluation of oseltamivir phosphate for post-exposure prophylaxis of influenza in long term care facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005:53:444-51.
• Lee T, Mcarthur M, McGeer A Attitudes and behaviours of midwives related to influenza vaccination. Vaccine 2005;23:157408.
• Weese JS, Rousseau J, Traub-Dargatz JL, Willey BM, McGeer AJ, Low DE. Community associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and humans who work with horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005;226:580-3.
• Poutanen SM, Vearncombe M, McGeer AJ, Gardam M, Large G, Simor AE. Nosocomial acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2005;26:134-7.
• Weese JS, Archambault M, Willey BM, Hearn P, Kreiswirth BN, Said-Salim B, McGeer A, Likhoshvay Y, Prescott JF, Low DE. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel. Emerg Infect Dis 2005;11:430-5.
• Muller MP, Tomlinson G, Marrie TJ, Tang P, McGeer A, Low DE, Detsky AS, Gold WL. Can routine laboratory tests discriminate between severe acute respiratory syndrome and other causes of community-acquired pneumonia? Clin Infect Dis 2005;40:1079-86.
• Booth TF, Kournikakis B, Bastien N, Ho J, Kobasa D, Stadnyk L, Li Y, Spence M, Paton S, Henry B, Mederski B, White D, Low DE, McGeer A, Simor A, Vearncombe M, Downey J, Jamieson FB, Tang P, Plummer F. Detection of airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome coronarivus and environmental contamination in SARS outbreak units. J Infect Dis 2005;191:1472-7.
• Vanderkooi OG, Low DE, Green K, Powis JE, McGeer A, Toronto Invasive Diseases Network. Predicting antimicrobial resistance in invasive pneumococcal infections. Clin Infect Dis 2005;40:1288-97.
• Dimoulas P, Green KA, Shigayeva A, Aquino M, McGeer A, Scales DC, Toronto SARS Hospital Investigation Team. Patient contact recall after SARS exposure. Emerg Infect Dis 2005;11:625-8.
• Aziz RK, Edwards RA, Taylor WW, Low DE, McGeer A, Kotb M. Mosaic prophages with horizontally acquired genes account for the emergence and diversification of the globally disseminated M1T1 clone of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Bacteriol. 2005 May;187(10):3311-8.
• Powis J, McGeer A, Duncan C, Goren R, de Azavedo JC, Bast DJ, Pong-Porter S, Mazzulli T, Green K, Willey B, Low DE. Prevalence and characterization of invasive isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 May;49(5):2130-2.
• Olson AB, Silverman M, Boyd DA, McGeer A, Willey BM, Pong-Porter V, Daneman N, Mulvey MR. Identification of a progenitor of the CTX-M-9 group of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases from Kluyvera georgiana isolated in Guyana. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 May;49(5):2112-5.
• Norrby-Teglund A, Muller MP, McGeer A, Gan BS, Guru V, Bohnen J, Thulin P, Low DE. Successful management of severe group A streptococcal soft tissue infections using an aggressive medical regimen including intravenous polyspecific immunoglobulin together with a conservative surgical approach. Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(3):166-72.
• Rubinson L, Nuzzo JB, Talmor DS, O’Toole T, Kramer BR, Inglesby TV for the Working Group on Emergency Mass Critical Care. Augmentation of hospital critical care capacity after bioterrorist attacks or epidemics: recommendations of the working group on emergency mass critical care. Crit Care Med 2005;33(10):2393-2403.

Contact

The Ottawa Hospital
1105 Carling Avenue, Suite 203
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 4G5

Tel: 613-728-2711
Fax: 613-728-8699
E-mail: kellypratt@sympatico.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Director, Contact Dermatitis/Patch Test Clinic, The Ottawa Hospital (Civic Campus), Ottawa
• Staff Physician, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital (Civic Campus), Ottawa
• Consultant - Occupational Disease Specialty Program - St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto & Ottawa Patch Test Clinic

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Holness DL, Liss GM, Tarlo SM, Pratt M, Sasseville D, Kudla I. Key exposures causing work-related allergic contact dermatitis and evidence for dual causation of occupational asthma. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Sherertz E, Fransway F, Belsito D, Fowler J, Maibach H, Marks J, Mathias T, Pratt M, et al: Patch testing discordance alert: Rubber additive and fragrance false negatives. Journal American Academy Dermatology. 45:313-315, August 2001.
• Fowler J, Taylor J, Storrs F, Sherertz E, Rietschel R, Pratt M, et al: Gold Allergy in North America. American Journal Contact Dermatitis 12:123, June 2001.
• Rietschel R, Mathias T, Burnett C, Taylor J, Storrs F, Sherertz E, Pratt M et al: A preliminary report on the occupation of patients evaluated in the patch test clinic. American Journal Contact Dermatitis 12:72-76, June 2001.
• Participant - Advise and Dissent Section American Journal Contact Dermatitis - “Clothes Make the Woman: Diagnosis and Management of Clothing Dermatitis”. American Journal Contact Dermatitis 12(4):229-231, 2001.
• Reitschel R, Mathias T, Fowler, F, Pratt M et al: Relationship of Occupation to Contact Dermatitis: Evaluation in Patients Tested from 1998 to 2000. American Journal Contact Dermatitis 13(4):170-176, 2002.
• Lee H, Pokorny C, Law S, Pratt M et al: Cross-Reactivity Among Epoxy Acrylates and Bisphenol F Epoxy Resins in Patients with Bisphenol A Epoxy Resin Sensitivity. American Journal Contact Dermatitis 13(3):108-115, 2002.
• Giroux L, Pratt M: Contact Dermatitis to Incontinency Pads in a (meth) Acrylate Allergic Patient, American Journal Contact Dermatitis 12(3)143-145, 2002.
• Marks J, Belsito D, DeLeo V, Fowler, J, Fransway F, Maibach H, Mathias T, Pratt M, et al: North American Contact Dermatitis Group Patch Test Results 1998-2000 data. American Journal Contact Dermatitis 14(2):59-62 June 2003.
• Saap L, Fahim S, Arsenault E, Pratt M, et al: contact Sensitivity in Patients with Leg Ulcerations: A North American Study. Archives of Dermatology (CME Article); 140:1241-1246, 2004.
• Fowler J, Zug K, Taylor J, Storrs F, Sherertz E, Reitschel R, Pratt M, et al: Allergy to Cocamidopropyl Betaine and Amidoamine in North American. Dermatitis 15(1):5-6 Mar 2004.
• Mimesh S, Pratt M: Occupational Hazards: Airborne Contact Dermatitis to Azithromycin. Contact Dermatitis 51 (3):151 Sept 2004.
• Pratt M, Belsito D, DeLeo V, Fowler J, Fransway F, Maibach H, Marks J, Mathias T, Reitschel R, Sasseville D, Sherertz E, Storrs F, Taylor J, Zug K: North American Contact Dermatitis Group Patch Test Results 2001-2002 Study Period. Dermatitis 15(4):176-183 Dec 2004.
• *Haussman J, Zimmerman D, Pratt M, Linette L: Epoxy Allergy and Eosinophilia from Hemodialysis Catheter. American Journal Kidney Disease. 2005 Feb.

Contact

University of Toronto
Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit
223 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1R4

Tel: 416-978-4519
Fax: 416-978-2608
E-mail: j.purdham@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Occupational hygiene
• Exposure assessment methodology
• Occupational epidemiology
• Air pollution
• Analytical chemistry

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Holness DL, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A. Effects of cleaning agents in asthma among professional cleaners. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, Liss G, Silverman F, Tarlo S. Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles and the relationship to early indicators of cardiopulmonary effects. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Scott JA, Purdham J, Verma D, Krajden S. Characterization of microbial contaminants in metalworking fluids. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2005-2007.
• Purdham J, Salmoni A, Kreiger N, Sass-Kortsak A, Parent ME, Siemiatyci. Prostate Cancer and Occupational Whole-Body Vibration Exposure. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• JT Purdham, B Menard, P Bozek, AM Sass-Kortsak. Herbicide Permeation Through Protective Gloves. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (2001), 16: 961-966.
• SA. Harris, PN. Corey, AM. Sass-Kortsak, JT. Purdham. The development of a new method to estimate total daily dose of pesticides in professional turf applicators following multiple and varied exposures in occupational settings. Int. Arch. of Occup. and Environ. Health (2001), 74: 345-358.
• DK Verma, JT Purdham, H Roels. Translation of Evidence of Occupational Conditions into Strategies for Prevention. Occupational; and Environmental Medicine (2002), 59: 205-214.
• Harris S.A., A.M. Sass-Kortsak., P.N. Corey, and J. Purdham.. Development of models to predict dose of pesticides in professional turf applicators. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology (2002), 12: 130-144.
• Tarlo S., Purdham J. Air sampling in occupational asthma. J. Allergy and Clinical Immunology. (2002) 109:603-605.
• GM Liss, S Tarlo, J Purdham, J Doherty, L McCaskell, M Kerr. Physician-diagnosed asthma, respiratory symptoms and association with workplace tasks among radiographers in Ontario, Canada. In: Proceedings of Inhaled particles IX, Cambridge 2001. Annals of Occupational Hygiene (2002), 46, Supplement1: 369-372.
• GM Liss, S Tarlo, J Doherty, J Purdham, J Greene, L McCaskell, M Kerr. Physician-diagnosed asthma, respiratory symptoms and association with workplace tasks among radiographers in Ontario, Canada. Occup Environ Med (2003); 60:254-261.
• N Lightfoot, M Conlon, N Kreiger, AM Sass-Kortsak, J Purdham, G Darlington. Medical history, sexual, and maturational factors and prostate cancer risk. Ann Epid 14:655-662, 2004.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Greene JM, Purdham J, Kerr M. Work attributed symptom clusters (Darkroom disease) among radiographers versus physiotherapists: associations between self-reported exposures and psychosocial stressors. Am J Ind Med. 2004;45:513-21.
• Dales R, Brook J, Burnett R, Franklin M, Raizenne M, Steib D, Szyszkowicz M, Kim D, Na S, O’kelly B, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, and Tarlo SM. Ambient carbon monoxide may influence heart rate variability in subjects with coronary artery disease. J Occ Environ Med (2004), 46(12):1217-21.
• D Kim, AM Sass-Kortsak, JT Purdham, RE Dales, JR Brook. Sources of personal exposure to fine particles in Toronto, Canada. J Air Waste Management Assoc 2005, 55:1134-1146.
• SA. Harris, AM. Sass-Kortsak, PN. Corey, JT. Purdham Pesticide exposures in professional turf applicators, job titles, and tasks performed: Implications of exposure measurement error for epidemiologic study design and interpretation of results. American J Ind Med (2005) 48:205-216.
• D. Kim, A. Sass-Kortsak, J. Purdham, R. Dales J Brook. Associations Between Personal Exposures and Fixed-site Ambient Measurements of Fine Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Carbon Monoxide in Toronto, Canada. J. of Exp. Science and Env.Epidemiology 2006; 16:172-183.

Contact

University of Toronto
Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit
223 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1R4

Tel: 416-946-7617
Tel: 416-946-8605
Fax: 416-946-5963
E-mail: a.sass@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Vice Dean, Graduate Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Occupational Hygiene - Exposure Assessment (i.e. development and validation of sampling methods used to determine exposures; and identification and assessment of factors influencing workplace and environmental exposures)
• Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology - examining and developing methods for improving estimates of exposure for exposure-effect relationships (e.g. use of self-reported measures and modeling)
• Occupational Epidemiology - occupational risk factors for prostate cancer, fine particulates
• Chemical Ototoxicity - effects of workplace exposures to noise and solvents on hearing

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, Liss G, Silverman F, Tarlo S. Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles and the relationship to early indicators of cardiopulmonary effects. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Scott JA, Sass-Kortsak A, Krajden S, McGeer A, Holness L. Biophysical characteristics of influenza bioaeresols in healthcare institutions. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2009.
• Purdham J, Salmoni A, Kreiger N, Sass-Kortsak A, Parent ME, Siemiatyci. Prostate Cancer and Occupational Whole-Body Vibration Exposure. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• SA Harris, PN Corey, AM Sass-Kortsak, JT Purdham. The development of a new method to estimate total daily dose of pesticides in professional turf applications following multiple and varied exposures in an occupational setting. Int Arch Occ Env Health 74(5):345-58, 2001
• JT Purdham, BJ Menard, PR Bozek, AM Sass-Kortsak. MCPA permeation through protective gloves. App Occup & Env Hyg 16(10): 961-66, 2001
• SM Abel, AM Sass-Kortsak, A Kielar. The effect on earmuff attenuation of other safety gear worn in combination. Noise and Health 5:11-13, 2002
• SA Harris, AM Sass-Kortsak, PN Corey, JT Purdham. Development of models to predict dose of pesticides in professional turf applicators. J Exp Anal & Env Epi 12(2):130-144, 2002
• N Lightfoot, M Conlon, N Kreiger, AM Sass-Kortsak, J Purdham, G Darlington. Medical history, sexual, and maturational factors and prostate cancer risk. Ann Epid 14:655-662, 2004
• Dales R, Brook J, Burnett R, Franklin M, Raizenne M, Steib D, Szyszkowicz M, Kim D, Na S, O’kelly B, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, and Tarlo SM. Ambient carbon monoxide may influence heart rate variability in subjects with coronary artery disease. J Occ Environ Med (2004), 46(12):1217-21,
• D Kim, AM Sass-Kortsak, JT Purdham, RE Dales, JR Brook. Sources of personal exposure to fine particles in Toronto, Canada. J Air Waste Management Assoc 2005, 55:1134-1146
• SA. Harris, AM. Sass-Kortsak, PN. Corey, JT. Purdham Pesticide exposures in professional turf applicators, job titles, and tasks performed: Implications of exposure measurement error for epidemiologic study design and interpretation of results. American J Ind Med (2005) 48:205-216
• Kim D, A. Sass-Kortsak, J. Purdham, R. Dales J Brook. Associations between personal exposures and fixed-site ambient measurements of fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide in Toronto, Canada. J. of Exp. Science and Env. Epidemiology 2006; 16:172-183.

Contact

Royal Victoria Hospital
Room A 4.17
687 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1A1

Tel: 514-843-1550
Fax: 514-843-1570
E-mail: denis.sasseville@mcgill.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Dermatologist, Royal Victoria Hospital

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Holness DL, Liss GM, Tarlo SM, Pratt M, Sasseville D, Kudla I. Key exposures causing work-related allergic contact dermatitis and evidence for dual causation of occupational asthma. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Sasseville D. Exacerbation of allergic contact dermatitis to amcinonide triggered by patch testing. Contact Dermatitis 2001: 45: 232-233.
• Khanna M., Sasseville D. Occupational contact dermatitis to textile dyes in airline personnel. Am J Contact Dermatitis 2001: 12: 208-210.
• Lee HN, Pokorny CD, Law S, Pratt M, Sasseville D, Storrs FJ. Cross-reactivity among epoxy acrylates and Bisphenol F epoxy resins in patients with Bisphenol A epoxy resin sensitivity. Am J Contact Dermatitis 2002: 13: 108-115.
• Sasseville D, Hakim M, Muhn C. Bus Pass Dermatitis. Am J Contact Dermatitis 2002: 13: 146-147.
• Marcoux D, Couture-Trudel PM, Riboulet-Delmas G, Sasseville D. Sensitization to para-phenylenediamine from a streetside temporary tattoo. Pediatr Dermatol 2002: 19 (6): 498-502.
• Muhn C, Sasseville D. Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from 1,2-benzisothaizolin-3-one without cross-reaction to other isothiazolinones. Contact Dermatitis 2003: 48: 230-231.
• Freiman A, Al-Layali A, Sasseville D. Patch testing with thimerosal in a Canadian center: an 11-year experience. Am J Contact Dermatitis 2003; 14: 138-143.
• Sasseville D, Muhn CY, Al-Sowaidi M. Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from xanthates and carbamates in mining processes. Am J Contact Dermatitis 2003; 14: 166-168.
• Fowler JF, Zug KM, Taylor JS, Storrs FJ, Sherertz EA, Sasseville D, Rietschel RL, Pratt MD, Mathias CGT, Marks JG, Maibach HI, Fransway AF, DeLeo VA, Belsito DV. Allergy to cocamidopropyl betaine and amidoamine in North America. Dermatitis 2004; 15: 5-6.
• Sasseville D. Hypersensitivity to preservatives. Dermatol Ther 2004; 17(3); 251-263.
• Sasseville D, Moreau L. Contact allergy to 1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin in spa water. Contact Dermatitis 2004; 50: 323-324.
• Moreau L, Sasseville D. Allergic contact dermatitis from cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamidoamine, 3-(Dimethylamino)propylamine, and oleamidopropyl dimethylamine: Co-reactions or cross-reactions? Dermatitis 2004; 15; 146-150.
• Militello G, Sasseville D, Ditre C, Brod B. Allergic contact dermatitis from isocyanates among sculptors. Dermatitis 2004; 15; 150-153.
• Freiman A, Rosen N, Sasseville D, Wang B, Carey W, Muhn CY. Dermatologic surgery practice and skin cancer treatment in Canada: results of a national survey. Dermatol Sur 2005; 31(1): 27-32.
• Pratt MD, Belsito DV, DeLeo VA, Fowler JF Jr., Fransway AF, Maibach HI, Marks JG, Mathias CGT, Rietschel RL, Sasseville D, Sherertz EF, Storrs FJ, Taylor JS, Zug K. North American Contact Dermatitis Group patch-test results, 2001-220 period. Dermatitis 2005; 15(4): 176-183.
• Sasseville D, Moreau L. Allergic contact dermatitis from triphenyl phosphite. Contact Dermatitis 2005; 52: 163-164.
• Sassevile D, Moreau L. Allergic contact dermatitis from triethanolamine polypeptide oleate condensate in eardrops and shampoo. Contact Dermatitis 2005; 52: 233.
• Freiman A, St-Jacques M, Onerheim R, Sasseville D. Fever and necrotic nodules on the extremities. Arch Dermatol 2005; 141; 1035-40.

Contact

University of Toronto
Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit
223 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1R4

Tel: 416-946-8778
Fax: 416-978-2608
E-mail: james.scott@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Occupational hygiene
• Exposure assessment
• Microbiological hazards
• Medical microbiology
• Molecular methods
• Indoor environment quality
• Biosafety

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Scott JA, Purdham J, Verma D, Krajden S. Characterization of microbial contaminants in metalworking fluids. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2005-2007.
• Scott JA, Sass-Kortsak A, Krajden S, McGeer A, Holness L. Biophysical characteristics of influenza bioaeresols in healthcare institutions. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2009.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Untereiner WA, Scott JA, Naveau FA, Currah RS, Bachewich J. 2002. Phylogeny of Ajellomyces, Polytolypa and Spiromastix (Onygenaceae) inferred from rDNA sequence and non-molecular data. Studies in Mycology 47: 25-35.
• Koster B, Scott JA, Wong B, Malloch D, ,Straus NA. 2003. Geographically diverse isolates of Stachybotrys chartarum comprise multiple phylogenetic lineages. Can J Bot 81: 633-643.
• Che YS, Gloer JB, Scott JA, Malloch D. 2004. Communiols A-D: New mono- and bis-tetrahydrofuran derivatives from the coprophilous fungus Podospora communis. Tetrahedron Letters 45: 6891-6894.
• Untereiner WA, Scott JA, Sigler L. 2004. The Ajellomycetaceae: A new family described to accommodate the genus Ajellomyces and its human pathogenic anamorphs Histoplasma, Blastomyces and Paracoccidioides. Mycologia 96: 812-821.
• Scott JA, Untereiner WA. 2004. Determination of keratin degradation by fungi using keratin azure. Medical Mycology 42: 239-246.
• Scott JA, Untereiner WA, Wong B, Straus NA, Malloch D. 2004. Genotypic variation in Penicillium chrysogenum from indoor environments. Mycologia 96: 1095-1105.
• Che YS, Araujo AR, Gloer JB, Scott JA, Malloch D. 2005. Communiols E-H: New polyketide metabolites from the coprophilous fungus Podospora communis. J Nat Prod 68: 435-438.

Contact

University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building, Rm 6275A
1 Kings College Circle,
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1A8

Tel: 416-946-0961
Fax: 416-978-8765
E-mail: jeremy.scott@utoronto.ca
Web biography: http://www.utoronto.ca/respirology/who/Jeremy_Scott.html

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Staff Scientist, St Michael’s Hospital Research Centre, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Scott JA. Cardiopulmonary consequences of air pollution in a murine model of allergic asthma. AllerGen Network of Centres of Excellence. 2005-2007.
• Scott JA. Role of L-arginine metabolism in allergic asthma. Ontario Thoracic Society/Glaxo Smith-Kline Award. 2006-2007.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Stathopoulos PB, Lu X, Scott JA, Hammond JR, McCormack DG, Arnold JMO, Feng QP (2001). Increased L-arginine uptake and inducible nitric oxide synthase activity in the aorta of heart failure rats: Role of L-arginine transport in nitric oxide production. Am J Physiol (Heart and Circ Physiol), 280(2), H859-H867.
• Weicker S, Karachi TA, Scott JA, McCormack DG, Mehta S (2001). Non-invasive measurement of expired nitric oxide in a spontaneously breathing mouse. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 63, 1113-1116.
• Yaghi A, Webb CJ, Scott JA, Mehta S, Bend JR, McCormack DG (2001). Cytochrome P450 metabolites of arachidonic acid but not cyclooxygenase-2 metabolites contribute to the pulmonary vascular hyporeactivity in rats with acute Pseudomonas pneumonia. J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 297(2), 479-488.
• Wang LF, Mehta S, Weicker S, Scott JA, Joseph M, Razavi H, McCormack DG (2001). Relative contribution of hemopoietic and pulmonary parenchymal cells to lung inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity in murine endotoxemia. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 283 (3), 694-699.
• Baechtold F, Scott JA, Markert M, Mehta S, McCormack DG, Anglada F, Galaud D, Vaglio M, Waeber B, Feihl F (2001). Does the activation of poly (ADP-ribose) synthetase mediate tissue injury in sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture? Shock, 16(2), 137-142.
• Razavi H, Werhun R, Scott JA, Weicker S, Wang LF, McCormack DG, Mehta S. Effects of inhaled nitric oxide in a mouse model of sepsis-induced acute lung injury. Critical Care Medicine 30(4), 868-873.
• Scott JA, Mehta S, Bihari A, Duggan M, McCormack DG (2002). Functional inhibition of constitutive nitric oxide synthase activities in a rat model of sepsis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 165(10), 1426-1432.
• Scott JA, Marsden PA, Slutsky AS (2002). What lessons can we learn from NOS knockout mice in acute pulmonary disease? Crit Care Med, 30(9), 2143-2145.
• Badhwar A, Dungey AA, Harris KA, Scott JA, McCarter SD, Scott JR, Forbes TL, Potter RF (2003) Limitations of ischemic tolerance in oxidative skeletal muscle: perfusion versus tissue protection. J Surg Res, 109(1), 62-67.
• Marsden PA, Ning Q, Fung LS, Luo X, Chen Y, Mendicino M, Ghanekar A, Scott JA, Miller T, Chan CWY, Chan MWC, He W, Gorczynski RM, Grant DM, Clark DA, Phillips MJ, Levy GA (2003). The Fgl2/fibroleukin prothrombinase contributes to immunologicaly-mediated thrombosis in experimental and human viral hepatitis. J Clin Invest, 112(1), 58-66.
• Hersch M, Scott JA, Izbicki G, McCormack DG, Cepinskas G, Ostermann M, Sibbald WJ (2005). Differential inducible nitric oxide synthase activity in circulating neutrophils versus mononuclears of septic shock patients. Intensive Care Med, 31, 1132-5.
• Ward ME, Toporsian M, Scott JA, Teoh H, Govindaraju V, Wener A, Newton D, Marsden PA (2005). Oxygen regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene expression: molecular mechanisms and functional significance. J Clin Invest, 115(11), 3128-3139.

Contact

University of Toronto
Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit
223 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1R4

Tel: 416-978-5883
Fax: 416-978-2608
E-mail:frances.silverman@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Research Director, Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, University of Toronto and St Michael’s Hospital
• Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, School of Physical & Health Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Staff Scientist, St Michael’s Hospital Research Centre, Toronto
• Senior Staff Scientist, University Health Network, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Silverman FS, Holness DL. Research Program in Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Injury. National Sanitarium Association. 2000-2008.
• Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, Liss G, Silverman F, Tarlo S. Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles and the relationship to early indicators of cardiopulmonary effects. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Silverman F, Urch B, Corey P, Gold D, Brook J, Brook R, Kovach J, Scott J. Project: Cardiovascular Toxicity of Concentrated Ambient Fine, Ultrafine and Coarse Particles in Controlled Human Exposures. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Research. STAR-H1. Particulate Matter Research Centers. 2005-2010.
• Silverman F, Evans G, Brook JR, Koutrakis P, Liu L. Allergic Asthma: Air Pollution and Allergen Interactions. AllerGen Networks of Centres of Excellence. 2005-2006.
• Scott J, Silverman F, Palaniyar N. Cardiopulmonary consequences of air pollution in a murine model of allergic asthma. AllerGen Networks of Centres of Excellence. 2005-2006.
• Sears M, Silverman F. Alternate Theme Leader - Theme Coordination Support: Theme II - Environment, Population and Society. AllerGen Network of Centres of Excellence. 2005-2006.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Poonai, N., Antony, M.M., Binkley, K.E., Stenn, P., Swinson, R., Corey, P., Silverman, F., Tarlo, S. “Psychological features of subjects with idiopathic environmental intolerance” J of Psychosamatic Res. 51(3) 537-541, 2001
• Brook, R.D., Brook, J.R., Urch, B., Vincent R, Rajagopalan S, Silverman F.S. “Inhalation of fine particulate air pollution and ozone causes acute arterial vasoconstriction in healthy adults” Circulation. 105:1534-1536, 2002. Selected for Press Release by American Heart Association.
• Urch, B., Brook, J.R., Wasserstein, D., Brook, R.D., Rajagopalan, S., Corey, P., Silverman, F. “Relative contributions of PM2.5 Chemical constituents to acute arterial vasocontriction in humans” Inhalation Toxicology 16:345-352, 2004
• Parfett, C., Zhou, G., Silverman F.S. “End-linked amino-modified 50-mer oligonucleotides as RNA profiling probes on nylon arrays: comparison to UV cross-linked DNA probes” BioTechniques Vol. 38, No. 5 pp690-694, May 2005.
• Urch, B., Silverman, F., Corey, P., Brook, J.R., Lukic, K., Rajagopalan, S., Brook, R.D. “Acute blood pressure responses in healthy adults during controlled air pollution exposures”. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 113, No.8 pp1052-1005, Aug. 2005.
• Tarlo, S.M., Malo, J.L., Heederik, D., Swanson, M., Jolly, A., Bernstein, J., Silverman, F., Nordman, H., Cloutier, Y., Lesage, J., Pacheco, K. “An ATS/ERS report: 100 key questions and needs in occupational asthma”. European Respiratory Journal, Vol. 27, 607-614, 2006.

Contact

E-mail:sandyskotnicki@baydermatologycentre.com

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Medical Director, Bay Dermatology Centre, Toronto
• Consultant Dermatologist, Women’s College Hospital and St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Currently Funded Research Projects

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Saary J, Qureshi R, Palda V, DeKoven J, Pratt M, Skotnicki-Grant S, Holness L. A systematic review of contact dermatitis treatment and prevention. J Amer Acad Derm 2005;53:845-855.

Contact

University of Toronto
Department of Physical Therapy
160-500 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1V7

Tel: 416-946-3591
Fax: 416-946-8562
Email: s.switzer.mcintyre@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Workplace Injuries
• Return to Work
• Ability to Function within the Workplace
• Occupational/Workplace Health

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Switzer-McIntyre S, Beaton D, McDermid J, Brouwer B. Collaborative Grant to develop a network of musculoskeletal rehabilitation researchers. ORRAN Theme Leaders Network Grant. 2005-2007.
• Switzer-McIntyre SL, Holness DL, Beaton D. Hand and upper extremity function in workers with occupational contact dermatitis. WSIB. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Jones, D., Switzer-McIntyre, S. (2003) “Falls from trucks: A descriptive study based on a workers compensation database” Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation (Volume 20, No. 3; pp.179-184).
• Brooks, D, Solway, S, McDermid, J, Switzer-McIntyre, S, Brosseau, L., Graham, ID. (2005)The Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Physical Therapy. Physiotherapy Canada; 57: 123-134.
• McDermind, J, Brooks, D., Solway, S., Switzer-McIntyre, S., Brosseau, L., Graham, I (2005) “Reliability and validity of the AGREE Instrument used by physical therapists in assessment of clinical practice guidelines”. BMC Health Services Research, 5:18.

Contact

University of Toronto
Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit
223 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1R4

Tel: 416-978-5883
Fax: 416-978-2608
E-mail: susan.tarlo@utoronto.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Professor, Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Staff Physician, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Occupational lung disease
• Asthma
• Environmental respiratory effects

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Holness DL, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A. Effects of cleaning agents in asthma among professional cleaners. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, Liss G, Silverman F, Tarlo S. Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles and the relationship to early indicators of cardiopulmonary effects. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2003-2006.
• Tarlo SM and Liss GM. Review of trends in work-related asthma claims and possible role of medical surveillance. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2005-2007.
• Tarlo S. Study of career choices in young adults with asthma. Ontario Thoracic Society. 2006-2007.
• Holness DL, Liss GM, Tarlo SM, Pratt M, Sasseville D, Kudla I. Key exposures causing work-related allergic contact dermatitis and evidence for dual causation of occupational asthma. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Romaschin A, Scott J, Scott J. Use of a chemiluminescent assay for endotoxin to assess occupational exposure. Ontario Thoracic Society. 2006-2008.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Al-Musaed AM, Balter M, Mazer B, Hoffstein V. The prevalence of chronic beryllium disease among sarcoidosis patients in Ontario. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Tarlo SM, Rhee K, Powell E, Emad A, Newman L, Jones N. Marked tachypnoea in siblings with chronic beryllium disease due to copper-beryllium alloy. Chest 2001;119:647-50.
• Tarlo SM. Diagnosis of occupational asthma. Editorial. J Environ Med (Thailand) 2001;3:6-8.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Can medical surveillance measures improve the outcome of occupational asthma? Editorial. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001;107:583-5.
• Tarlo SM, Broder I, Corey P, Chan-Yeung M, Ferguson A, Becker A, Rogers C, Okada M, Manfreda J. The role of symptomatic colds in asthma exacerbations: Influence of outdoor allergens and air pollutants. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2001;108:52-58.
• Poonai N, Antony M, Binkley K, Swinson R, Corey P, Silverman F, Tarlo SM. Psychological findings in Idiopathic environmental intolerance. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2001;51:537-41.
• Liss G, Tarlo SM Changing prevalence of occupational asthma from latex allergy. Am J Ind Med 2001; 40:347-53.
• Tarlo SM, Easty A, Eubanks K, Parsons CR, Min F, Juvet S, Liss GM. Outcomes of a natural rubber latex control program in an Ontario Teaching Hospital. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2001;108:628-33.
• Tarlo SM, Liss G, Yeung KS. Changes in rates and severity of occupational claims for asthma due to diisocyanates: a possible effect of medical surveillance measures. Occup Env Med 2002: 59:58-62.
• Charous L, Blanco C, Tarlo SM, Hamilton RG, Baur X, Beezhold C, Sussman G, Yunginger J. Natural Rubber Latex Allergy after twelve years: A Rostrum Statement. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002:109:31-4.
• Saary J, Tarlo SM, Kanani A, Al-Gadeer H, Holness DL. Reduction in rates of latex allergy in dental students and staff after changes in latex gloves. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002;109:131-5.
• Tarlo SM, Purdham J. Air sampling in occupational asthma. (Editorial). J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2002;109:603-5.
• Liss GM, Tarlo SM. Work-related asthma: difficulties in assessing relationships from population based surveys. (Editorial) Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2002:59:503-4.
• Tarlo SM, Poonai N, Binkley K, Antony MA, Swinson R. Responses to panic induction procedures in subjects with multiple chemical sensitivity/idiopathic environmental intolerance: understanding the relationship with panic disorder. In: Proceedings of a workshop on unexplained medical syndromes. Environ Health Perspectives 2002;110 (Suppl 4) 669-71.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Diisocyanate-induced asthma: diagnosis and prognosis. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2002; 17: 902-8.
• Tarlo SM. Workplace Irritant Exposures: Do they produce true Occupational Asthma?. Ann Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2003;90 (Suppl 2):19-23.
• Liss GM, Tarlo SM, McCaskell L, Greene J, Doherty J. Physician diagnosed asthma, respiratory symptoms and associations with workplace tasks among radiographers in Ontario, Canada. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2003;60:254-61.
• Chan-Yeung M, Malo J-L, Tarlo SM. American Thoracic Society Workshop. Proceedings of the First Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium, Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2003;167;450-71.
• Tarlo SM. Occupational challenge testing. (Editorial) J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003;111:692-4.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Occupational Asthma: an approach to diagnosis and management. CMAJ: 2003;168:867-71.
• Cullinen P, Tarlo S, Nemery B. Prevention of occupational asthma. Eur Resp J. 2003;22:853-60.
• Wai Y, Tsui V, Peng Z, Richardson R, Oreopoulos D, Tarlo SM. Anaphylaxis from topical bovine thrombin (Thrombostat) during hemodialysis and evaluation of sensitization among a dialysis population. Clin Exp Allergy 2003;33:1730-4.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Practical implications of studies in occupational rhinoconjunctivitis. (Editorial) J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003;112:1047-9.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM, Greene JM, Purdham J, Kerr M. Work attributed symptom clusters (Darkroom disease) among radiographers versus physiotherapists: associations between self-reported exposures and psychosocial stressors. Am J Ind Med. 2004;45:513-21.
• Subramanian P, Chinthalapalli H, Krishnan M, Tarlo SM, Thierry L, Pineda ME, Oreopoulos DG. Pregnancy and sarcoidosis: an insight into the pathogenesis of hypercalcuria and other hormonal abnormalities. Chest 2004;126:995-8.
• Girard F, Côté J, Boulet LP, Tarlo S, Hargreave FE, Lemière C. An effective strategy for diagnosing occupational asthma: use of induced sputum. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2004;170:845-50.
• Kemp K, Roberts K, Tarlo SM. Respiratory failure in an onion worker. [Internet]. Version 2.0 New York: American Thoracic Society. 2004 July [cited date]. Available from URL: http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/eoh/eohcases.asp .
• Bernstein JA, Alexis N, Barnes C, Bernstein IL, Nel A, Peden D, Diaz-Sanchez D, Tarlo SM, Williams PB. Health effects of air pollution. Rostrum article. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004;114:1116-23.
• Dales R; air pollution-cardiac health research group.(Brook J, Burnett R, Franklin M, Raizenne M, Steib D, Szyszkowicz M, Kim D, Na S, O’Kelly B, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A, and Tarlo SM). Ambient carbon monoxide may influence heart rate variability in subjects with coronary artery disease. J Occ Environ Med 2004; 46:1217-21.
• Ng V, Peress L, Tarlo SM. Acute pneumonitis in a thermostat worker. [Internet]. Version 2.0 New York: American Thoracic Society. 2005 January [cited date]. Available from URL: http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/eoh/eohcases.asp.
• AlOtaibi S, Tarlo SM, House R. Quality of life in patients with latex allergy. Occup Med.2005;55:88-92.
• Kanani A, Broder I, Greene J, Tarlo SM. Correlation between nasal symptoms and asthma severity in patients with atopic and non-atopic asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005;94:341-7.
• Poonai NP, van Diepen SF, Bharatha A, Manduch M, Deklaj T, Tarlo SM. Barriers to diagnosis of occupational asthma. Can J Public Health 2005;96:230-3.
• Tarlo SM, Liss GM. Editorial: Evidence Based guidelines for the prevention, identification and management of occupational asthma. Occ Environ Med 2005;62:288-9.
• Tarlo SM. Cough: Occupational and Environmental Considerations: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. In Diagnosis and Management of Cough: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines: Chest 2006:129;186S-196S.
• Tarlo SM. Peritoneal Dialysis and Cough: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
• Guidelines Dialysis and cough. In, Diagnosis and Management of Cough: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines: Chest 2006:129:202S-203S.
• Irwin RS, Baumann MH, Bolser DC, Boulet LP, Braman SS, Brightling CE, Brown KK, Canning BJ, Chang AB, Dicpinigaitis PV, Eccles R, Glomb WB, Goldstein LB, Graham LM, Hargreave FE, Kvale PA, Lewis SZ, McCool FD, McCrory DC, Prakash UB, Pratter MR, Rosen MJ, Schulman E, Shannon JJ, Smith Hammond C, Tarlo SM; American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Diagnosis and management of cough executive summary: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2006 Jan;129(1 Suppl):1S-23S.
• Tarlo SM, Malo JL. 100 Key Questions and Needs in Occupational Asthma, an ATS/ERS perspective. European Respiratory Journal 2006; 27:607-14.

Contact

E Mail: vermadk@mcmaster.ca

Current Appointments & Affiliations

• Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine and Program in Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine, McMaster University

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Silica and Silicosis among Hardrock Miners
• Lung Dust Study (dusts, metals and fibres in workers’ lungs)
• Occupational and Non-Occupational Asbestos Exposures
• PAHs in the Foundry Environments
• Health Hazards in the Mining Environment
• Occupational Hygiene Aspects of Epidemiological Studies
• General Occupational Hygiene, Chemistry and Laboratory Analytical Issues
• Education, Training and Professional Certification in Occupational Health and Hygiene
• Diesel Exhaust and Lung Cancer among Workers
• Benzene and Hydrocarbon Exposures in Petroleum Industry
• Air Pollution and its effects on Utilization of Hospital Services
• Metal Working Fluids Exposure in Workplaces
• Mortality and Occupational Exposure in Construction Industry

Currently Funded Research Projects

• Jerrett M, Finkelstein M, Verma D. A Cohort Study of Mortality in relation to Intra-urban Air Pollution Variability and Traffic Exposures. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2003-2007.
• Scott JA, Purdham J, Verma D, Krajden S. Characterization of microbial contaminants in metalworking fluids. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Research Advisory Council. 2005-2007.
• Verma D. The relationship between mortality and silica exposure in Vermont granite workers. Crystalline Silica Panel of the American Chemistry Council. 2005-2008.

Recent Publications (last 5 years)

• Verma DK, Johnson DM, Shaw L, Destombe K. (2001): Benzene and Total Hydrocarbons Exposures in the Downstream Petroleum Industries. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, Vol. 62, pp 176-194.
• Finkelstein MM, Verma DK. (2001): Exposure Estimation in the Presence of Non-detectable Values: Another Look. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, Vol. 62, pp 195-198.
• Verma DK, Shaw DS. (2001): A Comparison of International Silica (? quartz) Calibration Standard by Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectrophotometry. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol. 45, pp 429-435.
• Verma DK, Saunders GA, Cheng WK. (2001): An Evaluation of Photovac Snapshot Portable Gas Chromatograph and the Dräger Chip Measurement System Monitor for Benzene in Air Measurements. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Journal, Vol. 16, pp 832-840.
• Verma DK, Destombe K. (2002): Benzene in Gasoline and Crude Oil: Occupational and Environmental Implications. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, Vol. 63, pp 225-230.
• Verma DK, Purdham JT, Roels HA. (2002): Translating Evidence about Occupational Conditions into Strategies for Prevention. Occupational and Environmental Medicine (previously known as British Journal of Industrial Medicine), Vol. 59, pp 205-214.
• Verma DK, Johnson DM, Destombe K. (2002): A Method for Determining Crystalline Silica in Bulk Samples by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometry. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol. 46, pp. 609-615.
• Verma DK, Finkelstein MM, Kurtz LA, Smolynec K, Eyre S. (2003): Diesel Exhaust Exposure in the Canadian Railroad Work Environment. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Journal, Vol. 18, pp 26-34.
• Kurtz LA, Verma DK, Sahai D. (2003): Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Exposures in Expansion Joint Making Operation on a Construction Site - A Case Study. Applied Occupational and Environmental Journal, Vol. 18, pp 545-552.
• Verma DK, Ritchie AC, Shaw ML. (2003): Measurement of Beryllium in Lung Tissues of a Chronic Beryllium Disease Case and Cases with Sarcoidosis. Occupational Medicine, Vol. 53, pp. 223-227.
• Finkelstein MM, Jerrett M, Deluca P, Finkelstein N, Verma DK, Chapman K, Sear MR. (2003): Relation between Income, Air Pollution and Mortality: A Cohort Study. Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 169, pp. 397-402.
• Verma DK, Kurtz LA, Sahai D, Finkelstein MM. (2003): Current Chemical Exposures Among Ontario Construction Workers. Applied Occupational Environmental Hygiene Journal, Vol. 18, pp. 1031-1047.
• Verma DK, Sahai D, Kurtz LA, Finkelstein MM. (2004): Current Manmade Mineral Fibres (MMMF) Exposures Among Ontario Construction Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 1, pp. 306-318.
• Finkelstein MM, Verma DK, Sahai D, Stefov E. (2004): Ischemic Heart disease Mortality among Heavy Equipment Operators exposed to Diesel Exhaust. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. Vol. 46, pp. 16-22.
• Finkelstein MM, Verma DK. (2004): A Cohort Study of Mortality Among Ontario Pipe Trade Workers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 61, pp. 736-742.
• Verma DK, Cheng WF, Shaw DS, Shaw ML, Verma P, Julian JA, Dumschat RE, Mulligan SJP. (2004): A Simultaneous Job and Task-based Exposure Evaluation of Petroleum Tanker Drivers to Benzene and Total Hydrocarbons. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 1, pp 725-737.
• Finkelstein MM, Verma DK. (2005): Mortality Among Ontario members of the International Union of Bricklayer and Allied Craft Workers: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 47, pp 4-9.
• Verma DK, Shaw DS. (2005): Comparison of Crystalline Silica (?-Quartz) Calibration Standards NIST-SRM 1878 and NIST-SRM 1878a by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometry. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol 49, pp 359-361.
• Verma DK, Sahai D, Kurtz LA, Finkelstein MM. (2005): Authors’ Reply to Letter by Tom Walters “R Exposure Data”. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 2, pp. D13-D15.
• Shannon HS, Muir A, Haines T, Verma DK. (2005): Mortality and Cancer Incidence in Ontario Glass Fibre Workers. Occupational Medicine, Vol. 55, pp.528-534.
• Armstrong TW, Caldwell DJ, Verma DK. (2005): Occupational Exposure Limits: An Approach and Calculation Aid for Extended Work Schedule Adjustments. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. Vol. 2, pp. 600-607.
• Verma DK, Shaw DS, Shaw ML, Julian JA, McCollin S, Destombe K. (2006): An Evaluation of Analytical Methods, Air Sampling Techniques and Airborne Occupational Exposure to Metalworking Fluids. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. Vol. 3, pp. 53-66.
• Verma DK, Ferguson K, McCollin S, Shaw L, Destombe K, Ashley K (Column Editor). (2006): A P.C.-Based Quality Control (QC) Program for an Industrial Hygiene Laboratory. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol. 3, pp. D56-66.