BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250807T021358EDT-1702UGuAV7@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250807T061358Z DESCRIPTION:The Seminars in Epidemiology organized by the Department of Epi demiology\, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at the 91ºÚÁÏÍø School of Population and Global Health is a self-approved Group Learning Activity (S ection 1) as defined by the maintenance of certification program of the Ro yal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Physicians requiring acc reditation\, please complete the Evaluation Form and send to admincoord.eb oh [at] mcgill.ca\n\nChristine Barul\, PhD\n\nResearcher in Epidemiology | \n Inserm | UMR_S 1085 Irset | Université de Rennes\n\nWHEN: Monday\, Septe mber 30\, 2024\, from 4 to 5 p.m.\n WHERE: Hybrid| 2001 91ºÚÁÏÍø College\, Rm 1140 | Zoom\n NOTE: Christine Barul will be presenting in-person \n\nAbstr act\n\nOccupational epidemiology faces major challenges and must adapt to the rapidly changing context of the workplace. The introduction of new sub stances into the workplace\, structural changes in the work orgasization a nd the lack of data for assessing the health effects of agents to which mi llions of workers are exposed to are all factors that justify taking accou nt of the occupation as a major health determinant.\n\nThere is a real nee d to improve the understanding of the impact of occupational exposure on h ealth events\, particularly cancer\, one of the leading causes of death wo rldwide. To date\, the identification of carcinogenic agents has been base d almost exclusively on investigations of their isolated effect. However\, some occupations\, such as painters and firefighters\, are recognised as carcinogens for humans. This urges the need to consider the emerging occup ational exposome concept\, i.e. the complexity of the work environment in terms of occupational exposures that may affect an individual's health thr oughout life.\n\nThe occupational exposome is defined through several comp onents that include organisational exposures\, such as night work\, and ch emical exposures (carcinogens\, endocrine disruptors). The aim of my resea rch programme is to assess the occupational exposome of workers and to exa mine its role in cancer-related health events (incidence\, mortality\, can cer progression\, return to work after cancer). This research programme is structured around several research projects\, based on data collected in France\, the French West Indies and in Canada.\n\nLearning Objectives\n\nB y the end of this session\, attendees will:\n\n\n Understand the concept of the occupational exposome\;\n Understand the importance of identifying the occupational exposome of workers and its role in the development of cance r through an example of study conducted in the French West Indies\;\n Discu ss the current challenges in taking into account this emerging concept in epidemiological studies.\n\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\nChristine Barul is a young re searcher in occupational epidemiology at the Research Institute for Enviro nmental and Occupational Health (Irset\, University of Rennes). She is an expert on the role of occupational exposures in cancer risk and is a membe r of several national and international experts committees in this field. Since the end of 2022\, she is developping an innovative research program in the French West Indies\, that aims to identify the occupational exposom e of workers and its role in cancer-related health events. The excellence of her work and the setting up of this innovative research programme in Fr ance have been rewarded with the prestigious ‘Young French Talent’ prize a warded by the L'Oréal Foundation in association with UNESCO and the french ‘Académie des Sciences’ . Christine earned her Ph.D. in epidemiology at P aris-Saclay University in France\, after completing her Master in epidemio logy at University of Bordeaux\, and her undergraduate studies health scie nces at the Université des Antilles. Further to that\, she is also a role model\, a member of the UNESCO Action Group for Women in Science\, and is heavily involved in a number of initiatives aimed at encouraging young wom en to pursue careers in science.\n DTSTART:20240930T200000Z DTEND:20240930T210000Z SUMMARY:Occupational Exposures and Cancer: From the Isolated Role of Exposu res to the Cocktail Effect and the Occupational Exposome URL:/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/occupational-expo sures-and-cancer-isolated-role-exposures-cocktail-effect-and-occupational- exposome-358783 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR