Faculty Member
Andrea Sass-Kortsak Ph.D., M.H.Sc.
- Email Address(es)
- a.sass(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- 416.978.5451
- Office Address
- Division of Occupational & Environmental Health Gage Building 223 College Street Toronto, ON M5T 1R4
- Website(s)
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Gage Occupational & Environmental Health
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Occupational & Environmental Health Division
- Position
- Associate Professor Emerita
- SGS Status
- Member Emerita
- Appointment Status
- Contract
Research Interests
- Occupational Hygiene – Exposure Assessment ie.) development and validation of sampling methods used to determine exposures; and, identification and assessment of factors influencing workplace and environmental exposures
- Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology – examining and developing methods for improving estimates of exposure for exposure-effect relationships eg.) use of self-reported measures, and modelling
- Occupational Epidemiology – occupational risk factors for prostate cancer, fine particulates
Education & Training History
Doctor of Philosophy, 1993
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario
Master of Health Sciences (Occupational Health), 1980
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Science, 1977
Trinity College, University of Toronto
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
- CHL 5914 – Industrial Noise
- CHL 5915 – Occupational Hygiene Control Methodology
Honours & Awards
- 2015 Fellow, American Industrial Hygiene Association
- 2001 Hugh Nelson Award for Excellence in Occupational Hygiene, Occupational Hygiene Association of Ontario
- 1999 Robin Badgley Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Public Health Sciences
- 1987 Registered Occupational Hygienist (ROH), Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists
- 1983 Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), American Board of Industrial Hygiene
Current Research Projects
- 2008-10 – Evaluation of fibre exposure outside of asbestos abatement enclosures. P Bozek, A Sass-Kortsak (co-PIs)
Representative Publications
Nadalin V, Kreiger N, Parent M, Salmoni A, Sass-Kortsak A, Siemiatycki J, Sloan M, and Purdham J. Prostate Cancer and Occupational Whole-Body Vibration Exposure. Ann Occup Hyg 56(8): 968-74, 2012
Ferris LE, Sass-Kortsak A. Sharing research findings with research participants and communities. IJOEM. 2(3):172-181, 2011
Young E, Kreiger N, Purdham JT, Sass-Kortsak AM. Prostate cancer and driving occupations: Could whole body vibration play a role? Int Arch Occ Env Health 82(5): 551-556, 2009.
Sass-Kortsak AM, Purdham JT, Kreiger N, Darlington G, Lightfoot N. Occupational risk factors for prostate cancer; Am J Ind Med 50(8): 568-576, 2007
Neilson H, Sass-Kortsak AM, Lou W, Purdham JT. Personal factors influencing agreement between expert and respondent assessments of an occupational exposure; Chronic Dis Can 28(1-2):1-9, 2007
Darlington GA, Kreiger N, Lightfoot N, Purdham J, Sass-Kortsak A. Prostate cancer risk and diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking; Chronic Dis Can 27(4): 145-153, 2007
Kim D, Sass-Kortsak AM, Purdham JT, Dales R, Brook JR. Associations between personal exposures and fixed-site ambient measurements of fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide in Toronto, Canada; J Exp Anal & Environ Epi 16:172-183, 2006