Mieke Koehoorn

Senior Scientist

Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health

Phone: 604-822-5756
Email: mieke.koehoorn@ubc.ca

Dr. Mieke Koehoorn’s research focuses on current and emerging issues in occupational health. She has a special interest in developing and linking data to enable cutting-edge research on occupational epidemiology. She is involved in research projects investigating sex, gender, work injury, and workers’ compensation; surveillance and compensation of occupational diseases (e.g., respiratory diseases, mesothelioma); the evaluation of workers’ compensation policies and programs (e.g. private clinic or public hospital surgeries, forestry certification); and the epidemiology of occupational disease and injury (e.g. relationship between workplace exposures and cardiovascular disease).

Mieke holds a PhD in epidemiology. She teaches courses in epidemiological methods and surveillance in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. She is currently serving as Vice-Dean, Academic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine.

Graduate student opportunities

PhD and Masters research opportunities are available under Mieke’s supervision in the School of Population and Public Health in the area of gender and sex differences in work injury, illness, and disability outcomes. Interested students should contact Mieke with a CV and statement of interest.

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