Christopher Carlsten, MD, MPH
Professor and Head, UBC Respiratory Medicine
Chair in Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
Director, Air Pollution Exposure Laboratory
Director, Legacy for Airway Health
Faculty of Medicine
Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Vancouver Campus
Fields
Contact Information
Chosen name and pronouns:
Chris Carlsten
Tel: 604-875-4122
http://medicine.med.ubc.ca/profiles/christopher-carlsten/
http://spph.ubc.ca/person/christopher-carlsten/
Expertise
Health care, air pollution, gene-environment interactions, public health, environmental health, respirology, and knowledge translation, air quality
In the Media
Pollution made COVID-19 worse. Now, lockdowns are clearing the air – National Geographic
To help flatten the curve, let’s clean our air – Globe and Mail
Younger Adults Make Up Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S. – New York Times
The coronavirus is deadly enough. But some experts suspect bad air makes it worse. – Washington Post
B.C. doctor warns of deadly ‘double whammy’ if coronavirus persists into wildfire season – Global
Air Quality Advisory For Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley – CKNW
Things to keep in mind with air quality advisory in place – News 1130
B.C.’s official tree is a source of health problems for many in forestry industry – Vancouver Sun
UBC finds potential biomarker for a surprising health hazard – UBC Medicine,
“Cleaner air contributes to fewer asthma, emphysema deaths” – CBC
“Diesel Particulate Matter: What are the implications for B.C.?”- The Province
“UBC researcher needs human volunteers to breathe in diesel fumes” – The Province
“Dirty air affecting your health? Pedal harder”- Globe and Mail
“Salt therapy advocates breathe easy” – Georgia Straight
Reaction to air pollution linked to genetics – David Suzuki Foundation Docs Talk
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