Expert Details

Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology and Biostatistics

ID: 728511 Canada

Expert has been active in the field of epidemiology and biostatistics for over 20 years. He has extensive experience in the analysis of longitudinal data, as well as the analysis of survey, and case-control data. He has been an author of more than 60 articles that have been published in peer-reviewed litterature, and has lectured graduate students at the University of Ottawa, and University of Toronto in biostatistics, as well as epidemiologic methods. Much of his research has focussed on environmental and occupational causes of cancer. Specific environmental exposures that he has investigated include: radon, air pollution, electromagnetic fields, tobacco use, dioxin, and diesel emissions. He was awarded a professional statistician (P.Stat) designation from the Statistical Society of Canada in 2006, and maintains an adjunct faculty position with the University of Toronto.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2000	Degree: PhD	Subject: Epidemiology	Institution: University of Toronto
Year: 1995	Degree: MSc	Subject: Epidemiology	Institution: University of Ottawa
Year: 1992	Degree: BMath	Subject: Statistics	Institution: University of Waterloo

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2004 to 2010	Employer: Health Canada	Title: Research Scientist	Department:
Responsibilities: He is the principal investigator of a number of studies whose aim is to characterize health effects from exposure to ambient air pollution.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2000 to 2010	Employer: Epistream Consulting	Title: Epidemiologist	Department: Research
Responsibilities: He provided consulting expertise to a wide range of clients across government, university and private industry in areas of biostatistics and epidemiology.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Statistical Society of Canada

Licenses / Certifications
P.Stat (Professional Statistician)

Professional Appointments
Adjunct position, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Awards / Recognition
Honoured Mentor, Health Canada, 2006; Mentor Award, University of Toronto, 2005

Publications and Patents Summary
He has over 60 publications in the peer reviewed literature, and has given 80 presentations (poster and oral) of his research at national and international conferences.

Additional Experience

Training / Seminars
He has given lectures in the areas of biostatistics and epidemiology. In 2000, he was the course instructor for a graduate level biostatistics course that was mandatory for graduate students enrolled in the Epidemiology program at the University of Ottawa. He has given lectures on epidemiological methods, survival analysis, logistic regression, and methods used in longitudinal studies.

Other Relevant Experience
Questionnaire development, SAS programming and sampling theory.

Fields of Expertise

cancer epidemiology, chronic disease epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, epidemiology, occupational epidemiology, occupational exposure, radiation-related environmental epidemiology, radiation-related occupational epidemiology, human-health risk assessment, environmental health, biostatistics