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Date last modified: November 22, 2008 Colin L. Soskolne
Colin Lionel Soskolne
Telephone: +1 780 492-6013 (direct)Fax: +1 780 492-0364
Email:
Personal Web Site: http://www.ualberta.ca/~soskolne
Departmental Web Site: http://www.phs.ualberta.ca/ / Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Alberta
13103 Clinical Sciences Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G3
Biographical Information 2
Work History 2
Chronological Overview 2
Current Appointments 3
Study Leaves/Sabbaticals 3
Past Appointments 4
Professional Development (Courses, Educational Workshops, etc.) 5
Workshops and Symposia Organized and Moderated (by Soskolne alone unless noted) 5
Workshops and Symposia Attended 5
Courses 7
Administrative 7
Grant Support 8
Current Grant Support 8
Past Grant Support 8
Peer-reviewed Publications 16
Books, Book Chapters, Monographs, Editorials and Commentaries 24
Institutional Articles, Technical Reports, and Discussion Documents 29
Conference Proceedings, Scientific Editing, and Ghost Writing 31
Book Reviews 32
Letters/guest columns 32
Published Abstracts 36
Other 39
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications 39
Reports 39
Reviewer (alphabetical) 44
Awards and Biographical Citations 46
Teaching 47
Classroom 47
Non-Classroom 51
Admission and Examining Boards 54
Presentations 55
Scientific 55
Other 76
Committees and Professional Service 78
University 78
Professional 80
Biographical Information
Education
/ · B.Sc. (Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1970) – Applied Math· B.Sc. Hons (Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1971) – Applied Math and
Computer Science
· Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, USA, 1982) – Epidemiology
· Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania. "Upper respiratory cancer among refinery and chemical plant workers: a casecontrol study in Baton Rouge, Louisiana" (l982, 327 pp.). Published by University Microfilms International. (Order No. DA 8217180).
· F.A.C.E. – Fellow, American College of Epidemiology (1988)
Languages
/ English (excellent), Afrikaans (average), French & Italian (basic)Citizenship
/ Dual: Canada (May 23, 1986); South Africa (by birth, and again in 1992)Work History
Chronological Overview
1970 – 1977 / Statistician – Biostatistician – Regional Head (South Africa)1978 – 1982 / Student: Ph.D. (Epidemiology); Research Fellow (U.S.A.)
1982 – 1985 / Epidemiologist – Associate Professor – Director of Epidemiology Research Unit (Toronto, Canada)
1985 – 1990 / Associate Professor (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
1989 – 1994 / Director, Epidemiology Program (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
1990 – Present / Professor (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
1995 – 1998 / Director, Graduate Training (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
2001 – 2002 / Graduate Coordinator (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
Current Appointments
/ Professor, Dept. of Public Health Sciences, Univ. of Alberta (since 1990)· Scientific and Research Associate, Medical Staff, University of Alberta Hospitals (since 1985)
· Editorial Panel, Public Health Reviews An Inter. Quarterly (since 1991)
· Associate Editor, American Journal of Epidemiology (since 1998)
· Editorial Advisory Board, EcoHealth Journal (since 2008)
· Colloquium Series Coordinator, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (2007- )
· Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini - Ramazzini Fellow (elected October 26, 2001; inducted on January 24, 2002)
· Adjunct Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta -- July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2005
· Member of the Ethics Specialist Group of the Commission on Environmental Law, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN-CEL-ESG) (2006- )
· Consultancy, Expert Witness for Wagners – A Serious Injury Law Firm: Class Action environmental contamination law suit by the local community against the provincial and federal governments, as well as some steel manufacturing companies and coke oven operators, relating to the Sydney, Nova Scotia, Tar Ponds. May 2007, ongoing
· President, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB) 2007-2009
· Editorial Board of Environmental Health, a web-based Journal (September 1 2007 – August 31, 2011)
· EcoHealth 2008, Merida, Mexico. Forum Steering Oversight Committee
· Global Ecological Integrity Group Steering Committee (1996 - present)
· Board of Advisors, Campus Sustainability Coalition (December 2006 – present)
Study Leaves/Sabbaticals
/ · 1991-1992 in Geneva (WHO) and Washington DC (NCI)· 1998-1999 in Rome (WHO-EURO)
· 2005-2006 in Edmonton (with Rome, WHO-EURO)
Past Appointments
/ · Editorial Board, EcoHealth Journal (2004-2007)· Series Coordinator, PHS Grand Rounds (2006-2007)
· Associate Editor, Accountability in Research (1998-2007)
· Visiting Scientist, World Health Organization European Centre for Environment and Health, Rome, Italy (July 1998 – July 1999)
· Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada (1992-1998)
· Consultant, World Health Organization, Environmental Health Division, Prevention of Environmental Pollution Unit. Geneva, Switzerland (May-Aug. 1993)
· Consultant, The Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh (July/August 1993)
· Visiting Professor, Sapporo Medical College (March/April 1991)
· Consultant, World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS (April 1989)
· Contributing Editor, American Journal of Industrial Medicine (1989-1992)
· Visiting Scientist, City Health Department, Johannesburg, South Africa (19881990) on AIDS policy
· Honorary Consultant to the Edmonton Board of Health (1985-1993)
· Visiting Scientist, National Centre for Occupational Health, South Africa, (19851990)
· Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto (1982–1987)
· Councillor, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (1999-2001)
· Visiting Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa (1 month each year: 1999-2002)
· Consultant, World Health Organization Environmental Rehabilitation of Sumgayit (2000-2002)
· Board Member, American College of Epidemiology (ACE) (2001-2004)
· Expert Advisors Group, “Advancing the Adoption of the principles of Sustainable Development into Public Health Teaching and Research Programs”, Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC), Australia (2001-2003)
· Board “The Epidemiologist” – an emerging e-Journal (April 2003)
· Consultant to the National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy (1988-2002)
· Editorial Board, Global Change & Human Health (2000-2003)
· Member, Canadian Advisory Committee, South Caucasus Health Information Project (Dec 2001 – July 2005) Canadian Society for International Health
· Affiliated Researcher, Climate and Health Research Program, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta (2001- 2005)
· Series Coordinator, PHS Grand Rounds (2002 - 2005)
Professional Development (Courses, Educational Workshops, etc.)
Workshops and Symposia Organized and Moderated (by Soskolne alone unless noted)
1. Public Health Agency of Canada Steering Committee member. First Canadian Roundtable on Public Health Ethics: Exploring the Foundations. Montreal, November 8-9, 2007.
2. Soskolne CL. University of Alberta, International Week 2005: "Making Poverty History: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals", "Impoverishment of human and physical capital: measuring declines and legislative needs to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)" February 3, 2005. Moderated by Dr. William Rees and Dr. Laura Westra.
3. Soskolne CL. American College of Epidemiology. “When Science Meets Policy”. Workshop: “Cause for Action: The Construction and Deconstruction of Epidemiologic Knowledge for Population Health Research and Policy”. Boston, MA, USA. September 11-14, 2004.
4. Soskolne CL and Saracci R., co-chairs. XVI World Congress of Epidemiology (International Epidemiological Association (IEA)) symposium: “Personal Character, Virtue, and the Ethical Epidemiologist”, Montreal, Canada, August 18-22, 2002.
5. XII Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Organizer and Chair of “ISEE: A Role in Capacity Building?” Buffalo, New York, August 19-20, 2000.
6. Soskolne CL and Bertollini R, co-chairs. 11th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and 9th Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis. “Population, consumption and technology: upstream determinants for the public health agenda?” Athens, Greece, September 5-8, 1999.
7. Soskolne CL and Bertollini R, co-chairs. XV International Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association. "Population, Consumption, and Technology: Upstream Determinants for the Public Health Agenda?" Florence, Italy, September 1, 1999.
8. Moderator. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. “Data privacy.” Chicago, USA, April 6-8, 1999.
9. Soskolne CL and Bertollini R, co-chairs. Global Ecological Integrity: Implications of sustainable development for human health. Rome, Italy, December 3-4, 1998.
10. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACR), Co-ordinator of Plenary Session on "Privacy, Confidentiality and Cancer Control," April 21-23, 1998, Vancouver, BC.
11. European Centre for Environment and Health (Rome Division), World Health Organization in joint organization of the Workshop on "Ethical and Philosophical Issues in Environmental Epidemiology," Raleigh, North Carolina, September 16-18, 1994.
12. IV Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. “Plenary Symposium on Ethics and Law in Environmental Epidemiology.” Cuernavaca, Mexico, Aug. 26-29, 1992.
13. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). “Canadian Workshop on Pulp and Paper Industry Health Risks.” Edmonton, Canada, 1991.
14. National Cancer Institute of Canada and the University of Toronto Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, “Priorities for Cancer Prevention in Ontario.” Toronto, Ontario, April 9-10, 1985.
Workshops and Symposia Attended
1. Intercultural Cancer Council. 11th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer. Charting a New Course – Together. Quality Health Care for All. April 3-6, 2008. Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
2. Public Health Agency of Canada. First Canadian Roundtable on Public Health Ethics: Exploring the Foundations. Montreal, November 8-9, 2007.
3. C-Change: Collaborating to Conquer Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research Summit Conference, Bethesda, MD, June 12-13, 2006. Invited panellist. “Professional Ethics in Chemoprevention, from the primordial, primary, secondary prevention perspectives.”
4. Program of the Government of Mexico for the Development of Teaching Capacities in Public Universities (PROMEP). Environmental Health Group, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Interactive Workshop – Invited Participant: “Toxic Contamination and Environmental Health”. December 12-13, 2005. Toluca, Mexico.
5. United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP11 and COP/MOP1) November 28 – December 9, 2005. Montreal, Canada. Global Health Alert: Climate Change Risks, Strategies and Solutions.
6. Annual Ramazzini Days 2005. Framing the Future in Light of the Past: Living in a Chemical World. Bologna, Italy, September 18-21, 2005.
7. Annual Ramazzini Days 2003. Children’s Health and the Environment. Carpi, Italy, October 26, 2003.
8. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). “Privacy in Health Research: Sharing Perspectives and Paving the Way Forward.” Ottawa, November 14-15, 2002.
9. Annual Ramazzini Days 2002. Carcinogenicity of non-fibrous, poorly soluble particulates. Carpi, Italy, October 27, 2002.
10. Fondazione Ramazzini. The Precautionary Principle: Implications for Research and Prevention in Environmental and Occupational Health. Bologna, Italy, October 23-24, 2002.
11. The National University of Australia, Canberra, national workshop on “Sustainability and Health”, September 25-27, 2002.
12. Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Lowell, Massachusetts. International Summit on Science and the Precautionary Principle. September 20-22, 2001.
13. Alberta Science and Research Authority Consultation Session “Life Sciences: A Leadership Strategy for Alberta” August 7, 2001, Edmonton, Alberta.
14. Energy Modeling Forum- Summer Workshop on “Climate Change Impacts and Integrated Assessment”. Snowmass, Aspen, Colorado: July 31-Augsut 2, 2001.
15. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Consultation Session on the Interpretation and Application of the PIPED Act to Health, Ottawa, June 1, 2001.
16. Health Canada’s 1st Annual National Science and Policy Research Consensus Conference on Health and Climate Change, Ottawa, March 13-15, 2001.
17. Workshop, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) ad hoc Working Group on Case Studies Involving Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information in Health Research, Toronto, February 8, 2001; and March 17, 2001.
18. Workshop, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) “Personal Health Information: Balancing Access and Privacy in Health Research”, Toronto, June 3-4, 2000.
19. Workshop, Action Canada for Population and Development and the Sierra Club of Canada, Vancouver, BC, October 18, 1999.
20. Workshop, XV International Scientific Meeting of the IEA: Epidemiology for Sustainable Health. “Ethics and Epidemiology.” Aug. 30-31, 1999.
21. Workshop, National Round Table on the Environment and Economy. Halifax, NS, August 5, 1999.
22. NATO-sponsored Advanced Research Workshop. “Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional Global Environmental and Human Health.” June 26, 1999.
23. “Molecular Genetics,” American College of Epidemiology and Society for Epidemiologic Research, Chicago, IL. June 23, 1998.
24. Workshop on "Ethics for Public Health Scientists," Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, April 10-11, 1997.
25. Seminar-Workshop - "Effective Teaching Techniques for Faculty," Division of Studies in Medical Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, May 30-31, 1994.
- Workshop on "Effective Teaching Approaches for Environmental Epidemiology and Technology," 23-24 August, 1993, Division of Environmental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (Instructors: Merri Weinger and Nina Wallerstein).
- Session on "Will they make ethical decisions? Preparing pre-service students," Faculty Enhancement Program, University Teaching Services, University of Alberta, Edmonton, March 17, 1993.
- Workshop on "Ethics in Graduate Student Supervision," Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and the Office of the Vice-President (Research), University of Alberta, Edmonton, February 3, 1993.
- Workshop on Ethical Considerations in Scholarship and Science. Science for Peace, University of Toronto, December 1415, 1992.
- International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Workshop "Health risk assessment for environmental contaminants: Methods and Practice," Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, August 25, 1992.
- Environmental Epidemiology Workshop of the Environmental Health Directorate of Health and Welfare Canada, hosted by Dr. D. Krewski, Ottawa, March 1213, 1992.
- IARC Pulp & Paper Study Workshop, November 1619, 1991, Edmonton, Alberta.
- XXVth CIOMS Conference: "Ethics and Epidemiology: International Guidelines," Geneva, Switzerland, November 79, 1990.
- Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment: Stakeholder Consultations for the Future Management of Nitrogen Oxides (NOXs) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Technical Briefing and Report, Calgary, Alberta, August 17, 1989.
- Health and Welfare Canada World Health Organization Orientation Briefing for Shortterm Consultants to the WHO Global Programme on AIDS, Ottawa, April 35, 1989.
- Ontario Ministry of Health "Epidemiologic Data Workshop," and served as a small group facilitator, November 89, 1984.
- The Ontario Public Health Association and the Ontario Ministry of Health "Evaluating Health Promotion Programs," September 21, 1984.
- The Medical Research Council of Canada and the National Advisory Committee on the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Montréal "Viral mechanisms of immunosuppression," June 2l22, 1984.
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda "The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome," September 1213, l983.
Courses
1. Georgetown University's Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics: Intensive Bioethics Course XVI, June 39, 1990, Washington, D.C.