Mieke Koehoorn
Academic Rank(s)
Professor, PhD
Occupational and Environmental Health Division
and Senior Scientist, Partnership for Work, Health and Safety
School of Population and Public Health
Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs
Faculty of Medicine
Phone
mieke.koehoorn@ubc.ca
Location
157-2206 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Dr. Mieke Koehoorn’s research focuses on current and emerging issues in occupational health. She has a special interest in developing and linking data to enable cutting-edge research on occupational epidemiology. She is involved in research projects investigating sex, gender, work injury, and workers’ compensation; surveillance and compensation of occupational diseases (e.g., respiratory diseases, mesothelioma); the evaluation of workers’ compensation policies and programs (e.g. private clinic or public hospital surgeries, forestry certification); and the epidemiology of occupational disease and injury (e.g. relationship between workplace exposures and cardiovascular disease).
She is currently serving as Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine.
Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Institute for Gender and and Health, Chair in Gender, Work and Health (2013-18)
Alf Nachemson Memorial Lectureship (2013), awarded to a prominent national or international individual who has made a significant contribution to the role of evidence in policy-making in the work and health field
University of British Columbia Killam Teaching Prize (nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching) (2012-13)
Distinguished Achievement Award for Service to the University and Community, UBC Faculty of Medicine (2012/2013)
Award in Mentoring Early Career Faculty, UBC Faculty of Medicine (2012/2013)
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar (2002-07) and Senior Scholar (2007-12) Awards
Member, Canadian Association for Research on Work & Health
Member, Canadian Association for Public Health
Member, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Scientist, Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes
Associate Faculty, Institute for Work & Health
Dr. Mieke Koehoorn’s program of research focuses on current and emerging issues in work and health, and investigates issues related to the surveillance and epidemiology of occupational injury and disease, and the evaluation of workers’ compensation policies and programs. Dr. Koehoorn also has a special interest in using “big data”, including workers’ compensation data, for population-based health research.
Dr. Mieke Koehoorn is currently unable to accept new members into her research group. She has recently transitioned into a leadership role within the Faculty of Medicine, which precludes her capacity to take this on at this time.