CREOD

Alec Farquhar: Occupational Disease: Challenges in Determining Work Relatedness

St. Michael’s Hospital Occupational Medicine Rounds. 8:00 AM St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street, Room 573 Webcasting: http://webcast.otn.ca/liveevents.html For more information, contact Theresa Hollosi at HollosiT@smh.ca.


Dr. Susan Tarlo: Work Related Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

St. Michael’s Hospital Occupational Medicine Rounds. 8:00 AM St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street, Room 211 Webcasting: http://webcast.otn.ca/liveevents.html For more information, contact Theresa Hollosi at HollosiT@smh.ca.


Brian McInnes: Workplace Ergonomic Evaluations: an Overview from a Ministry of LabourErgonomist

St. Michael’s Hospital Occupational Medicine Rounds. 8:00 AM St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street, Room 211 Webcasting: http://webcast.otn.ca/liveevents.html For more information, contact Theresa Hollosi at HollosiT@smh.ca.


Dr. Paul Demers: Synopsis of the second annual scientific symposium on the health effects of shiftwork

St. Michael’s Hospital Occupational Medicine Rounds. 8:00 AM St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street, Room 211 Webcasting: http://webcast.otn.ca For more information, contact Theresa Hollosi at HollosiT@smh.ca.


Dr. Chun-Yip Hon: Healthcare workers & anti-neoplasticdrugs: Evaluating the risk and identifying determinants of exposure

St. Michael’s Hospital Occupational Medicine Rounds. 8:00 AM St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street, Room 211 Webcasting: http://webcast.otn.ca/liveevents.html For more information, contact Theresa Hollosi at HollosiT@smh.ca.


Prof. Paul Bozek: Fibre Leakage From Asbestos Remediation Projects

St. Michael’s Hospital Occupational Medicine Rounds. 8:00 AM St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria Street, Room 211 Webcasting: http://webcast.otn.ca/liveevents.html For more information, contact Theresa Hollosi at HollosiT@smh.ca.


Skin and respiratory symptoms among workers with suspected work-related disease.

Arrandale VH, Kudla I, Kraut AG, Scott JA, Tarlo SM, Redlich CA, Holness DL. Occup Med (Lond). 2012 Sep;62(6):420-6. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqs133. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Many workers are exposed to chemicals that can cause both respiratory and skin responses. Although there has been much work on


Congratulations to Jeremy Scott

Jeremy Scott, a CREOD researcher, has been awarded a new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University. Jeremy starts at Lakehead on September 1, 2012. In addition to his ongoing research on occupational lung disease, he will be responsible for Lakeheadâ


Comparative cardiopulmonary effects of size-fractionated airborne particulate matter.

Amatullah H, North ML, Akhtar US, Rastogi N, Urch B, Silverman FS, Chow CW, Evans GJ, Scott JA. Inhal Toxicol. 2012 Feb;24(3):161-71. doi: 10.3109/08958378.2011.650235. Epub 2012 Feb 23. ABSTRACT: CONTEXT: Strong epidemiological evidence exists linking particulate matter (PM) exposures with


Dr. Martin Shain: The New National Standard for Psychological Safety in the Workplace – Implications for Practice

St. Michael’s Hospital Occupational Medicine Rounds. 8:00 AM St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Cardinal Carter Wing, Room 6-002. Webcasting: http://webcast.otn.ca/liveevents.html. For more information, contact Theresa Hollosi at HollosiT@smh.ca.