Karen H. Bartlett
Associate Professor, School of Environmental Health, University of
British Columbia
(Vancouver, BC)
Karen
H. Bartlett is an Associate Professor in the School of Occupational and
Environmental Hygiene at the University of British Columbia.
As a microbiologist whose research interests include work place and community exposures to bioaersols, Dr. Bartlett’s current research projects include: defining the environmental niche of Cryptococcus gattii, the emergent causative organism of cryptococcosis on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; worker exposure and control of bioaerosols in composting facilities; antigen exposure and respiratory symptoms in occupants of First Nations housing; evaluation of indoor air quality in sustainable (green) office buildings; efficacy of slow sand filtration for individual water purification units in Nicaragua, and contribution of biofilms to pathogen loading in agricultural water sources.
Dr. Bartlett holds a Masters of Science in Occupational Hygiene, a Ph.D.
in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia and
completed her post doctoral fellowship in Inhalation Toxicology at the
University of Iowa. Dr. Bartlett is co-author of a report funded by the
Change Foundation, “Protecting the Faces of Healthcare Workers”, a review
of respiratory protection arising from the SARS outbreak in Ontario.
(08/07)