Principal Investigator
Hugh W. Davies, PhD, CIH
Professor, Occupational and Environmental Health Division, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
Prof. Davies is a Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health. He is also affiliated with the Occupational Cancer Research Center in Toronto, and is a board-certified industrial hygienist. Dr. Davies’ research is primarily focused on risk assessment in the occupational environment. He is currently leading projects investigating occupational exposure of healthcare workers to anti-neoplastic drugs and to occupational exposure to illicit drugs. He is a widely recognized expert on the non-auditory health effects of noise. Prof. Davies is currently a member of the ACGIH Chemical Substances TLV Committee, and is the past President of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH).
Co-Investigators
Susan Arnold
Associate Professor at the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, US
Dr. Susan Arnold is an Associate Professor at the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota. She specializes in developing and applying exposure assessment methods for chemical, biological, and radiological agents in occupational settings. As a certified industrial hygienist, Dr. Arnold brings over 20 years of experience in professional practice to her research and teaching. She directs the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety and the Exposure Science and Sustainability Institute, focusing on advancing health and safety in workplaces through interdisciplinary collaboration.
For more information, visit Susan Arnold’s profile.
George Astrakianakis
Adjunct Professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
Dr. George Astrakianakis, PhD, MEng, BEng, is an international Occupational Health and Safety policy expert, Co–chair of Canada’s pandemic infectious disease policy plan: Prevention and Control of Influenza during a Pandemic for All Healthcare Settings, and former Director of Disease Prevention of the Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. With a PhD in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, and degrees in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering his experience includes: nearly 30 years of evaluating health hazards in the workplace with more than half of that time focused on healthcare; working as an Affiliated Investigator with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and with Evaluation and Research for the Fraser Health Authority. He currently serves as a committee member on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care Guideline Revision Working Group for the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the Provincial Infection Control Network on their Guidelines Steering Committee.
Cheryl Peters
Assistant Professor (Partner) PhD, School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
Dr. Cheryl Peters is a Senior Scientist (Cancer Prevention) at BCCDC and BC Cancer. She is also an Assistant Professor at the School of Population & Public Health at UBC, and in Oncology and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Peters’ research is centered around the prevention of occupational and environmental chronic diseases, especially cancer. She is trained as an occupational hygienist and epidemiologist. Her research interests include occupational disease prevention, environmental cancers, knowledge translation, the impact of sex and gender on exposures, and health literacy (specifically surrounding health misinformation).