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  • March 12, 2021 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Title: Surveillance of Asbestos Related Disease using the Ontario Asbestos Workers Registry

This talk will present results from a surveillance study of asbestos-related disease (ARD) using the Asbestos Workers Registry (AWR), a mandatory exposure registry in Ontario, Canada. Research on ARD has traditionally focused on miners and other groups with well-recognized, consistently high exposure. Contemporary exposure to asbestos occurs more intermittently, for example during remediation and maintenance of asbestos-containing materials. The AWR was established in 1986 to track asbestos exposure during construction activities. Results from the current study show that ARD continues to occur in Ontario among workers enrolled in the AWR. The role for exposure registries in occupational disease prevention will also be discussed.

Presenter: Dr. Victoria Arrandale

Victoria Arrandale is an Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and the Associate Director of the Occupational Cancer Research Centre. Victoria holds an MSc from the University of British Columbia and a PhD from the University of Toronto and is a registered occupational hygienist (ROH). Victoria has served on the board of directors of the Canadian Association of Research on Work and Health. She currently leads a working group on data and intelligence as part of the Ontario Occupational Disease Action Plan. Victoria’s research focuses on the measurement of workplace exposures and the prevention of occupational disease in a wide variety of workplaces.