News Archives - Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology /eoel/category/news/ Ӱԭ University Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:24:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Invited speaker to VII Colombian Congress and International Conference on Air Quality and Public Health (CASAP) 2019 /eoel/2019/invited-speaker-to-vii-colombian-congress-and-international-conference-on-air-quality-and-public-health-casap-2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invited-speaker-to-vii-colombian-congress-and-international-conference-on-air-quality-and-public-health-casap-2019 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:24:12 +0000 /eoel/?p=488 I am pleased to be participating in the 7th CASAP conference to be held August 13-16th in Barranquilla Colombia.  A copy of the program is available online.

https://www.uninorte.edu.co/web/congreso-colombiano-y-conferencia-internacional-de-calidad-del-aire-y-salud-publica-casap/programacion

]]> Healthy Trees, Healthy City: BEYOND-Health Students Present /eoel/2016/healthy-trees-healthy-city-beyond-health-students-present/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healthy-trees-healthy-city-beyond-health-students-present Sun, 02 Oct 2016 02:12:27 +0000 http://carleton.ca/eoel/?p=435 On September 21, 2016, BEYOND-Health students Sarah Ambrose, Healthy_City_PosterJason DiMuzio, and Ariel Root attended the event organized by the City of Ottawa, Tree Fest Ottawa, and Ottawa Public Health. The event featured organizations who focus on environment and healthy living, with main headliner Professor Marc Berman of the University of Chicago. Berman has been researching the health implications of increased urban trees in Toronto alongside partners from the United States, Canada, and Australia. The BEYOND-Health team showcased their study design, results, and implications to city residents, officials, and organizations.

Ottawa’s trees clean our air, improve the health of our residents, beautify our communities, and improve our quality of life.

]]> Découverte: Pollution & Cardiovascular Disease /eoel/2016/may-12016-on-decouverte-pollution-and-cardiovascular-disease/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=may-12016-on-decouverte-pollution-and-cardiovascular-disease Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:48:55 +0000 /eoel/?p=418 On the May 1, 2016 episode of CBC’s Découverte, Paul Villeneuve discusses the link between air pollution and cardiovascular disease alongside cardiologist François Reeves from the University of Montreal, and epidemiologist Jill Baumgartner from the University of Toronto. Watch the full episode

]]> Occupational exposure to diesel linked to colorectal cancer /eoel/2016/occupational-exposure-to-diesel-linked-to-colorectal-cancer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=occupational-exposure-to-diesel-linked-to-colorectal-cancer Thu, 14 Jan 2016 04:58:35 +0000 http://carleton.ca/eoel/?p=266 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified diesel exhaust as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) and gasoline exhaust as a possible carcinogen (Group 2B) based studies of lung cancer, however the evidence for other sites is limited. We recently undertook a study to investigate whether occupational exposure to diesel and gasoline engine exhaust were associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer in men. The findings of this study involving researchers from Cancer Care Ontario, INRS (Montreal), and Dr. Villeneuve at Ӱԭ University have just been published.

The data were collected from a population-based case–control study conducted in 7 Canadian provinces conducted in 1994–1997. Lifetime occupational history and information on other risk factors was collected. Our findings suggest that sustained high-level exposure diesel emissions may increase the risk of rectal cancer.

The published manuscript is open access and is available at the following website.  to read the paper.

]]> Students present their work at McGill conference /eoel/2015/students-present-their-work-at-mcgill-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=students-present-their-work-at-mcgill-conference Wed, 04 Nov 2015 02:44:25 +0000 http://carleton.ca/eoel/?p=182

On October 30, 2015, three graduates students who are doing research with me attended the conference “Global Environment: From Cell to Society” at McGill University on October 30, 2015.  All three students garnered considerable interest in their work.  Anna Tomczak presented her work looking at associations between long-term exposure to air pollution and lung cancer. Karena Volesky described the research conducted as part of her MSc Capstone project on e-cigarette use, while Marie-Claire Flores Pajot presented her meta-analyses on air pollution and autism. The CHAIM Centre generously provided some support to the students to participate in the conference.  In addition Marie-Claire Flores Pajot won a prize for her poster on autism. 

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]]> CHAIM Research Centre Blog on the Environment and Childhood Cancer /eoel/2015/chaim-research-centre-blog-on-the-environment-and-childhood-cancer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chaim-research-centre-blog-on-the-environment-and-childhood-cancer Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:40:18 +0000 http://carleton.ca/eoel/?p=176 The following blog written by Marie-Claire Flores Pajot, a MSc student in the Department of Health Sciences, speaks to the role of the environment on childhood cancer, and our plans to research it. Read more

]]> CIHR grant news /eoel/2015/cihr-grant-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cihr-grant-news Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:56:26 +0000 http://carleton.ca/eoel/?p=154 Dr. Warren Foster of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at McMaster University, and Dr. Paul Villeneuve of the Department of Health Sciences at Ӱԭ University were successful with their submission to CIHR’s Transitional Operating Grant. Their 5-year research project will study a novel clinical marker of endometriosis. Endometriosis is an estrogen dependent disease of unknown etiology that affects between 10-15% of reproductive age women which can result in significant pain and interference with everyday activities including work and social interactions. Clinically useful markers of endometriosis are lacking and many women are symptomatic for 8-12 years before achieving a definitive diagnosis. Hence, novel clinical markers of endometriosis are urgently needed. The proposed study will investigate whether brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a clinically useful marker of endometriosis that has the potential to offer women with pelvic pain more appropriate, effective, and less costly medical therapies compared to surgery.

]]> Blog on Air Pollution Paper /eoel/2015/sample-newsblog-post/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sample-newsblog-post Thu, 07 May 2015 18:44:05 +0000 http://ccs-cms1a.carleton.ca/eoel/?p=18 The following blog summarizes findings from our recent air pollution paper published in Epidemiology in April 2015.

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