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Stephen McColl, Associate Professor, Associate Director Graduate Studies

B.Sc. Genetics (1969, McGill University)
Ph.D. Cellular and Developmental Biology (1976, Purdue University)

Contact Information

Office: BMH 2313
Telephone: (519) 888-4567 ext 32720
Email: mccoll@uwaterloo.ca

Teaching Interests

Environmental Health
Occupational Health
Health Risk Assessment
Health Promotion & Disease Prevention

Research Interests

Health effects of air pollution
Health effects of water pollution
Environmental health risk assessment
Cancer prevention
Sustainable Technology and Health
Risk communication

Major Funding Sources

Health Canada
Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI)

Selected Publications

Gower, S.K., Hicks, J., Shortreed, J., Craig, L., McColl, R.S. (2008). Development of a Health Effects-Based Priority Ranking System for Air Emissions Reductions from Oil Refineries in Canada. J Toxicol Environmental Health Part A. 71: 81-85.

Gower, S.K., McColl, R.S. (2005). Development of the PEARLS Model (Particulate Exposure from Ambient to Regional Lung by Subgroup) and use of Monte-Carlo Simulation to Predict Internal Exposure to PM2.5 in Toronto. Risk Analysis 25 (2):301-315.

Shubair, M.M., McColl. R.S., Hanning, R.M. (2005). Mediterranean dietary components and body mass index in adults: The Peel Nutrition and Heart Health Survey. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 26(2,3): 43-51.

Jardine, C.G., Hrudey, S.R., Shortreed, J.H., Craig, L., Krewski, D., Furgal, C., McColl, R.S. (2003). Risk Management Frameworks for Human Health and Environmental Risks. J. Toxicol Environ Health Part B, 6:569-641.
McColl R. S., Hicks J., and Craig L. Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Management -- A Primer for Canadians. (book) Network for Risk Assessment and Management (NERAM). Waterloo, ON. August 2000.

Tudor-Locke C. and R. S. McColl (2000). Factors Related to Variation in Premenopausal Bone Mineral Status: A Health Promotion Approach. Osteoporos Int 11(1): 1-24

Cassin M. H., A. M. Lammerding, R.S. McColl, et al. (1998). Quantitative risk assessment for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef hamburgers. Int J Food Microbiol 41(1): 21-44.