Annalee Yassi
Current roles: Health Professional – Physician with specialties in Public Health, Preventative Medicine and Occupational Medicine , Researcher – MSc, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Capacity Building, Professor – School of Population and Public Health
Dr. Yassi obtained her medical degree from McMaster University and then trained as a medical specialist in Public Health, Preventative Medicine and Occupational Medicine. After 15 years of leading the interdisciplinary team at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre, and 8 years as Founding Executive Director of the Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC, she has shifted her focus globally
Currently, she uses an ecosystem approach to human health and social justice, and linking of workforce and workplace issues in her projects in Ecuador and South Africa focusing on health of health workers. A major focus of her work is on decreasing the risk of acquiring occupational tuberculosis. Dr. Yassi is the World Health Organization liaison with the Scientific Committee of the International Commission on Occupational Health for Healthcare, and publishes extensively in this area. She has also been editor of the chapter on Healthcare in the International Labour Office’s Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety.
Her other areas of interest are: Aboriginal Health; Health Education and Advocacy; Health, Human rights and Liberation Medicine;
Get involved: Dr. Yassi can provide mentorship, research opportunities (as summer student research projects going abroad (South Africa, or Ecuador), and/or literature review and synthesis projects; Students with a background in statistics and questionnaire development skills would be especially welcome), educational opportunities (Eg. lectures), volunteer opportunities and global health student electives in areas of her work
Contact:
Room 430 – 2206 East Mall, School of Population and Public Health, UBC, Vancouver
T: 604-822-6962