Tom Kosatsky, University of British Columbia

Research

Bed Bug Cimex Lectularuis Environmental Health Housing Public Health

Latest papers

Improving attribution of extreme heat deaths through interagency cooperation.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2022 · senior author
Changing Trends in Paralytic Shellfish Poisonings Reflect Increasing Sea Surface Temperatures and Practices of Indigenous and Recreational Harvesters in British Columbia, Canada.
Marine drugs · 2021 · senior author
A descriptive analysis of blood mercury test results in British Columbia to identify excessive exposures.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021 · senior author

All 41 publications

Latest funding

The Effects of In Utero and Neonatal Wildfire Smoke Exposure on Birth Outcomes and Health in Early Life
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$325,124
Extreme weather and maternal-child health: targeting future impacts of climate change
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$255,893
Prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants and fetal growth: How to account for multiplicity when testing multiple statistical hypotheses?
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$12,500

All 7 grants and awards

41 publications.

01

Improving attribution of extreme heat deaths through interagency cooperation.

Henderson SB, Lamothe F, Yao J, Plante C, Donaldson S, Stranberg R, Kaiser D, Kosatsky T

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2022Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00672-2 PMID: 35951167

02

Changing Trends in Paralytic Shellfish Poisonings Reflect Increasing Sea Surface Temperatures and Practices of Indigenous and Recreational Harvesters in British Columbia, Canada.

McIntyre L, Miller A, Kosatsky T

Marine drugs2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/md19100568 PMID: 34677468

03

A descriptive analysis of blood mercury test results in British Columbia to identify excessive exposures.

McVea DA, Cumming E, Rahim T, Kosatsky T

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2021Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-020-00340-3 PMID: 32780346

04

Social connection as a public health adaptation to extreme heat events.

Kafeety A, Henderson SB, Lubik A, Kancir J, Kosatsky T, Schwandt M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2020

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-020-00309-2 PMID: 32180181

05

Hot weather and risk of drowning in children: Opportunity for prevention.

Chauvin M, Kosatsky T, Bilodeau-Bertrand M, Gamache P, Smargiassi A, Auger N

Preventive medicine2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105885 PMID: 31705939

06

Residential exposure to electromagnetic fields during pregnancy and risk of child cancer: A longitudinal cohort study.

Auger N, Bilodeau-Bertrand M, Marcoux S, Kosatsky T

Environmental research2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108524 PMID: 31226625

07

Maternal proximity to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and risk of birth defects.

Auger N, Arbour L, Luo W, Lee GE, Bilodeau-Bertrand M, Kosatsky T

European journal of epidemiology2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10654-019-00518-1 PMID: 30977029

08

Effects of cold temperature and snowfall on stroke mortality: A case-crossover analysis.

Polcaro-Pichet S, Kosatsky T, Potter BJ, Bilodeau-Bertrand M, Auger N

Environment international2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.031 PMID: 30784804

09

Public health should promote co-operative housing and cohousing.

Lubik A, Kosatsky T

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2019Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-018-0163-1 PMID: 30610563

10

Corrigendum to 'A population-based birth cohort study of the association between childhood-onset asthma and exposure to industrial air pollutant emissions' [Environment International 121P1 (2018) 23-30].

Buteau S, Doucet M, Tétreault LF, Gamache P, Fournier M, Brand A, Kosatsky T, Smargiassi A

Environment international2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.11.023 PMID: 30509620

The Effects of In Utero and Neonatal Wildfire Smoke Exposure on Birth Outcomes and Health in Early Life

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Henderson, Sarah

Keywords: Administrative Health Data; Air Pollution; Birth Outcomes; Early Life Outcomes; Environmental Epidemiology; Exposure During Pregnancy; Exposure Modelling; Population-Based Study; Wildfire Smoke

$325,124

Extreme weather and maternal-child health: targeting future impacts of climate change

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Auger, Nathalie

Keywords: Climate Change; Extreme Weather; Heat Waves; Maternal-Child; Morbidity; Mortality; Perinatal Epidemiology; Pregnancy; Socioeconomic Inequality; Vulnerable Populations

$255,893

Prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants and fetal growth: How to account for multiplicity when testing multiple statistical hypotheses?

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: McCandless, Lawrence; Lanphear, Bruce P

Keywords: Bayesian Statistics; Biostatistics; Epidemiology; Fetal Growth; Multiple Comparisons

$12,500

Planning Meeting to Facilitate the Development of a Coordinated Approach in Public Health for Bed Bug Management in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2012Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Kosatsky, Tom

Keywords: Bed Bug; Cimex Lectularuis; Environmental Health; Housing; Public Health

$24,670

Incidence of Asthma and Outdoor Ambient Air Pollutants: A population-Based Birth Cohort Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Smargiassi, Audrey

Keywords: Air Pollutants; Asthma; Children; Environmental Exposure; Epidemiology; Incidence; Industrial Emissions; Population Health

$157,540

Knowledge Translation and Exchange for Dissemination of the Canadian Environmental Health Atlas

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Dissemination Events

Principal investigators: Buzzelli, Michael D; Bassil, Kate

Keywords: Environmental Health; Health Atlas; Knowledge Translation; Stakeholder Engagement

$24,890

A systematic mixed-methods literature review and policy analysis examining if and how the Canadian public health system is adapting to climate change

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Ford, James D; Ogden, Nicholas H; Berrang Ford, Lea

Keywords: Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change Impacts On Health; Emerging Health Risks; Participatory Research; Policy Analysis; Systematic Literature Review

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Social and Preventive Medicine
Occupational and Environmental Health
Medical Genetics
School of Population and Public Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Médecine sociale et préventive
Other

Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Nathalie Auger

Faculty

12 shared papers, latest 2020

Nathalie Auger

Social and Preventive Medicine

12 shared papers, latest 2020

Audrey Smargiassi

Medicine

9 shared papers, latest 2020

Audrey Smargiassi

Occupational and Environmental Health

9 shared papers, latest 2020

Laura Arbour

Medical Genetics

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Nathalie Auger

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Jack Siemiatycki

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Michael Schwandt

School of Population and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Éric Lavigne

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Michael Brauer

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Scott Weichenthal

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Scott Weichenthal

Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Patrick Levallois

Médecine sociale et préventive

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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