Kavita Singh
Affiliation
PhD
Biology Specialization Chemical and Environmental Toxicology
Email: ksing075@uottawa.ca
Research interests
Epidemiology
Toxicokinetics
Modeling
Risk Assessment
Risk Communication
Bio
I have a Bachelors degree in Pharmacy and a Masters degree in Public Health (Community Health and Epidemiology), both from the University of Toronto. I have always had a passion to investigate the impacts of human activities on the environment and societies, especially those in Northern communities. I am currently in the fourth year of a PhD program. This program has given me an opportunity to apply my background in health and epidemiology to research the human health implications of persistent organic pollutant exposures in the Canadian North.
Research project
(1) Development of biomonitoring equivalents for chlordane, toxaphene, and PCBs with application to the Inuit Health Survey and the Canadian Health Measures Survey.
(2) Development and communication of guideline values for various persistent organic pollutants for Northern communities.
(2) Epidemiological analysis of the Inuit Health Survey to examine persistent organic pollutant exposures and cardiovascular disease outcomes.
(3) Epidemiological analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey to evaluate levels and factors associated with PCB and p,p'-DDE exposures.
Publications
1. Singh K, Chan HM. Persistent organic pollutants and diabetes among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic. Environment International 2017;101:183-9.
2. Singh K, Hegeman W, Laane R, Chan HM. Review and evaluation of a chiral enrichment model for chlordane enantiomers in the environment. Environmental Reviews 2016;24:363-76.
3. Singh K, Nong A, Feeley M, Chan HM. The use of biomonitoring equivalents for interpreting blood concentrations in population studies. A case for polychlorinated biphenyls. AIMS Environmental Science 2015;2(1):21-41.
4. Singh K, Bjerregaard P, Chan HM. Association between environmental contaminants and health outcomes in indigenous populations of the Circumpolar North. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2014;73:25808.