Faculty Member
Paul Bozek BASc, MEng, MBA, PEng, CIH, ROH
- Email Address(es)
- p.bozek(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- (416) 978-6236
- Office Address
- Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit, University of Toronto 223 College Street Toronto, ON M5T 1R4
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Occupational & Environmental Health Division
- Position
- Associate Professor
- SGS Status
- Associate Member
- Appointment Status
- Teaching Stream
- Admin Position
- MPH Occupational and Environmental Health Program Director
Research Interests
- quantitative exposure measurements to toxic materials
- chemical exposure control technology
- work population chemical exposure profiles
- asbestos, silica
Education & Training History
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), American Board of Industrial Hygiene (1990)
- Registered Occupational Hygienist (ROH), Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (1990)
- Professional Engineer (PEng), Professional Engineers Ontario (1989),
- Master of Business Administration, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto (1991)
- Master of Engineering (Industrial Hygiene), Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto (1989)
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Chemical Engineering), Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto (1985)
Other Affiliations
Chair, ROH Examination Committee, Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists
President-Elect, Occupational Hygiene Association of Ontario
Chair, Program Committee, Occupational Hygiene Association of Ontario
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
CHL 5907 Physical Agents II (Radiation)
CHL 5910 Introduction to Occupational & Environmental Hygiene
CHL 5911 Occupational & Environmental Hygiene II
CHL 5915 Control Methods in Occupational Hygiene
CHL 5817 Concepts in Safety Management
Honours & Awards
- Warren A. Cook Award for Best Published Paper, Am Ind Hyg Assoc Journal, 1992
- Robin Badgley Teaching Excellence Award (UT-DLSPH), 2015
- Hugh Nelson Award of Excellence in Occupational Hygiene (OHAO), 2017
Current Research Projects
- 2024, Pilot investigation of the Singh Thattha technique for respirator fit among Sikh men
- 2022-2024, Validation of respirator fit testing for emergency workers during simulated life support tasks
- 2020 – 2021, Increasing Testing Capacity for Critical Respiratory PPE in Ontario for the COVID-19
Pandemic and Beyond - 2018- 2021, Silica and Other Hazards in the Coloured Gemstones Industry – Jaipur (India)
- 2014-2015 – Silica Dust Control in the Agate Industry – Gujarat (India)
Representative Publications
Falk L, Bozek P, Ceolin L, et al. Reducing agate dust exposure in Khambhat, India: Protective practices, barriers, and opportunities. J Occup Health. 2019;00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12067
AM Sass-Kortsak, PR Bozek, PN Corey, JMcD Robertson. Styrene exposures in a selection of the glass fibre reinforced plastics manufacturing industry in Canada. App Occup & Env Hyg 1996; 11(8): 1081-1086.
Purdham JT, AM Sass-Kortsak, PR Bozek. Comparison of the Charcoal Tube and a Passive Organic Vapour Dosimeter As Sample Collection Devices For The Measurement of Exposure to Gasoline Vapour. Ann Occ Hyg 1994; 38(5): 721-740.
Purdham JT, PR Bozek, AM Sass-Kortsak. The Evaluation of Exposure of Printing Trade Employees to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Ann Occ Hyg 1993; 37(1):35-44.
Purdham JT, AM Sass-Kortsak, PR Bozek, JH Murphy. Exposure of hospital Operating Room Personnel to Potentially Harmful Environmental Agents. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1992; 53(3):203-209.
JT Purdham, BJ Menard, PR Bozek, AM Sass-Kortsak. MCPA permeation through protective gloves; App Occup & Env Hyg 16(10): 961-66, 2001