Publications

Labor market and health trajectories during periods of economic recession and expansion in the United States, 1988‒2011

Journal article
Fan J, Amick B, Richardson L, Scott-Marshall H, McLeod C.
Scand J Work Environ Health. 2018 Jun 12. [Epub ahead of print]

Risk of violence among healthcare staff and return-to-work outcomes

Thesis
Choi K.
Vancouver: The University of British Columbia; 2018.

Return-to-work for multiple jobholders with a work-related musculoskeletal disorder: A population-based, matched cohort in British Columbia

Journal article
Maas E, Koehoorn M, McLeod C.
PLoS One. 2018 Apr 3;13(4): e0193618.

Identifying return-to-work trajectories using sequence analysis in a cohort of workers with work-related musculoskeletal disorders

Journal article
McLeod C, Reiff E, Maas E, Bultmann U.
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2017. [Online-first article]

The economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure

Journal article
Tompa E, Kalcevich C, McLeod C, Lebeau M, Song C, McLeod K, Kim J, Demers PA.
Occup Environ Med. 2017;74(11):816-22.

Immigration Status and Work Disability Duration in British Columbia

Thesis
Saffari N.
Vancouver: The University of British Columbia; 2016.

Download a research brief describing the thesis findings

A systematic literature review of the effectiveness of occupational health and safety regulatory enforcement

Journal article
Tompa E, Kalcevich C, Foley M, McLeod C, Hogg-Johnson S, Cullen K, MacEachen E, Irvin E, Mahood Q.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2016 Nov;59(11):919-933.

The relationship between chronic conditions and absenteeism and associated costs in Canada

Journal article
Zhang W, McLeod C, Koehoorn M.
Scand J Work Environ Health 2016 Sep; 42(5): 413-422.

A Comparative Analysis of the Financial Incentives of Two Distinct Experience-Rating Programs

Journal article
Tompa E, McLeod C, Mustard C.
J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Jul; 58(7): 718-27.

Labor markets and health: an integrated life course perspective

Journal article
Amick B, McLeod C, Bültmann U.
Scand J Work Environ Health. 2016 Jul;42(4):346-53.

News

Preliminary program available for the 7th International Work Disability Prevention and Integration (WDPI) Conference

April 2026: The the preliminary program for the 7th International Work Disability Prevention and Integration (WDPI) Conference is now posted at https://wdpi2026.ca/.

New papers: Evaluating the Health and Safety Excellence program

April 2026: Two new papers are published based on our evaluation of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)’s Health and Safety Excellence program in Ontario.

CIHR Project Grant Success: Substance Use, Work and Well-Being in Trades and Construction

July 2025: Chris McLeod, PWHS Director, and Lindsey Richardson, Associate Professor in the UBC Department of Sociology, are co-principal investigators on a successful CIHR project grant focused on reducing substance-use related harm among people working in construction and trades in BC. In the context of the ongoing, intractable challenges linked to drug use and drug-related harm, people working in construction and trades bear a disproportionate burden of this harm, and there is a lack of published, action-oriented research in this area. The work funded by this grant will fill critical research and knowledge mobilization gaps.

PWHS students win Best Student Oral Presentation Awards at the 2025 CARWH Conference

Jun 2025: Congratulations to Chizitara Nkwopara, a recent MSc OEH graduate, and Harman Sandhu, a current MSc OEH student, who received the Best Student Oral Presentation Awards at this year’s conference.