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Sarah Henderson
Sarah Henderson
Professor (Partner), Occupational and Environmental Health Division
Scientific Director, Environmental Health Services, BC Centre for Disease
Scientific Director, National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
604–707–2449
sarah.henderson@bccdc.ca
655 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4 Environmental Health Services, BC Centre for Disease Control
About
As the Scientific Director of Environmental Health Services at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Scientific Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH), I oversee a broad program of applied research, surveillance, and knowledge translation to support evidence-based environmental public health policy and practice in BC and across Canada.
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