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Associate Professor (Partner) PhD
Senior Scientist, Environmental Health Services, BC Centre for Disease
As the Senior Environmental Health Scientist at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), I lead a program of applied research and surveillance to support evidence-based policy for the province.
This role requires me to be a generalist rather than a specialist, and my work spans a wide range of topics including: air pollution from all provincially relevant sources (wildfire smoke, residential wood smoke, industry, road dust, shipping, and vehicles); extreme weather events; radon gas; food safety; water quality; and exposures managed by the Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC). Most of my work requires the collection, processing, integration, analysis, and communication of health and environmental data, for which I am a proficient and enthusiastic R user.
BC Lung Foundation Clean Air Champion (2022)
Environmental Health Services at BCCDC, National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH)
Sarah oversees a program of applied environmental health research, surveillance, and knowledge translation to support evidence-based policy in BC and across Canada. Her work spans a wide range of topics, including air pollution from all provincially relevant sources (wildfire smoke, residential woodsmoke, industry, road dust, shipping, and vehicles), extreme weather events, radon gas, food safety, water quality, and exposures managed by the Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC). All of her research is integrated by core competencies in data science, biostatistics, stakeholder engagement, knowledge translation, and mentorship.
SPPH 567 – Quantitative Methods for the Assessment and Analysis of Exposure Data