Morteza Bashash
Dr. Bashash is available to supervise Occupational and Public Health (MSc) students in 2024-2025.
Dr. Morteza Bashash specializes in environmental and occupational health, cancer epidemiology, and molecular epidemiology. He obtained his BSc and MS in Public Health/Occupational Health from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Dr. Bashash pursued his PhD from the Interdisciplinary Oncology Program at the University of British Columbia in collaboration with BC Cancer, with a focus on the Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer survival.
After completing his PhD, he underwent post-doctoral training at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the BC Cancer Research Centre. He has held academic positions at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and is currently an adjunct faculty at Toronto Metropolitan University and The University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine.
Dr. Bashash's research contributions include the 'Early Life Exposure in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants (ELEMENT)' Project, which serves as the foundation for studies on childhood exposure to fluoride and its effects on neurodevelopment.
Additionally, his research portfolio covers cancer research, global health, Indigenous health studies, and health service research.
Research Projects
- "Prenatal and Childhood Exposure to Fluoride and Neurodevelopment" for the US National Institute of Health (NIH). This project is a part of the 'Early Life Exposure in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants (ELEMENT)' Project, a US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) award-winning birth cohort study
- Occupational and Environmental Health Study focusing on the challenges faced by waste waste pickers of Estrutural, Brazil, the second largest open-air dumpsite in the world