Faculty Candidate Presentation: Dr. Catherine Slavik
Room: 282
Candidate Presentation Dr. Catherine Slavik
Teaching Presentation:
Environmental Health Risk Analysis and Management
May 30, 2023
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
MSB 282 or Zoom
Research Presentation:
Reducing the Environmental Burden of Disease: Are We Lost in (Knowledge) Translation?
May 30, 2023
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
MSB 282 or Zoom
Presenter
Dr. Catherine Slavik
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Slavik is a Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oregon’s Center for Science Communication Research, and a Research Associate at the Occupational Cancer Research Centre based at Ontario Health (formerly Cancer Care Ontario). She investigates environmental and occupational determinants of health and develops cross-cutting and transdisciplinary tools for risk communication and education. Dr. Slavik is passionate about increasing awareness around environmental health risks and promoting changes to behaviour that reduce people’s exposures to environmental hazards. She received her PhD in Health Geography from McMaster University and her Master’s of Public Health in Environmental and Occupational Health from the University of Toronto.