Faculty Member
Tracy Kirkham
- Email Address(es)
- tracy.kirkham(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Address
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- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Occupational & Environmental Health Division
- Position
- Assistant Professor
- SGS Status
- Associate Member
- Appointment Status
- Status Only
- Currently Accepting Doctoral Students?
- Yes
Research Interests
- Occupational hygiene measurement and control
- Exposure assessment methods for occupational epidemiology
- Development of exposure databases for exposure surveillance
- Emergency workers
Education & Training
- 2000 BMLSc (Pathology)
- 2002 MSc (Occupational Hygiene)
- 2012 PhD (Occupational Health)
Teaching Responsibilities
Current Course(s)
CHL5410H Occupational Epidemiology (F)
Past DLSPH courses taught:
- CHL5902H Advanced Occupational Hygiene
- CHL5910H Occupational and Environmental Hygiene I
- CHL5911H Occupational and Environmental Hygiene II
- CHL5914H Physical Agents I – Noise
- CH7001H Directed Reading Courses
- CH7002H Directed Research Courses
- CHL6010Y Required MPH Practicum supervision
Current Research Projects
- Development of an Exposure Data System in Ontario for exposure surveillance
- Evaluation of the use of US compliance exposure data to estimate exposures in Ontario
- Validation of respirator fit testing for emergency workers during simulated life support tasks (recruitment)
- Development of a silica job exposure matrix for mining using historical exposure data from OMED
- Characterization of acid mist exposures in Ontario mining refining industry using OMED
- COVID-19 Occupational Risks, Seroprevalence and Immunity among Paramedics in Canada (CORSIP)
- Diesel exhaust exposure in Ontario fire halls; awareness and adherence of diesel controls (summary)
- Enhancing exposure assessment in the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) for Ontario Workers (COVID-19, silica exposure)
- Characterization of exposure in TTC subway systems
- Health, safety, and precarity in Toronto bicycle delivery workers
- Occupational cancer feasibility study amongst border service officers; includes development of national workplace exposure survey
Affiliated projects
- Diesel engine exhaust exposure in the Ontario construction industry
- Occupational exposure in Ontario nail salons
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