The Occupational Hygiene Laboratory is part of the National Agricultural Industrial Hygiene Laboratory (NAIHL) of the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health. There are two laboratories that form the OHH laboratory. The dry laboratory located in 1331 E-wing Health Sciences. This laboratory houses the industrial hygiene monitoring equipment and accessories. The wet laboratory located in 2D10 Health Sciences houses the activities for undertaking laboratory analysis of collected samples. The OHH facilitates both field work and processing of field samples. The laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art sample collection and analysis equipment appropriate for assessing a vast array of physical, chemical and biological exposures.
Our laboratory focuses on occupational hygiene which maintains workplace health and safety by identifying, evaluating, and controlling exposure to chemical, physical, ergonomic and biological hazards to reduce stresses on the worker and implement control measures that will reduce the incidences of impaired health and sickness in agriculture and other rural based industries and populations.
Research Laboratories
Dry Lab (1331 E-Wing)This laboratory is utilized for storing, maintaining, operationalizing and calibrating the exposure assessment equipment. |
Wet Lab (2D10 HSc)The Wet Lab is utilized for sample analysis and contains state-of-the-art equiptment for assessing chemical and biological activities in samples |
Research Activities
Our People
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Shelley Kirychuk |
Brooke Thompson |
Niels Koehncke |
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| Katie Thompson Research Assistant |
Sheila Naytowhow |
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Sheila Naytowhow |
Andrea Escalante |
| Undergraduate Students & Practicum Students | ||
| Name | Years | Position |
| Samantha Whittingham | 2016 | Saskatchewan Polytechnic Bioscience Technology Practicum Student |
| Kushnoor Bath | 2017 | Saskatchewan Polytechnic Bioscience Technology Student |
| Naiela Anwar | 2018 to 2020 | Undergraduate Summer Student - Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology |
| James Matheson | 2019 | Saskatchewan Polytechnic Bioscience Technology Practicum Student |
| Graduate Students | ||
| Olanayi Abayomi | 2010 to 2018 | PhD Student, Health Sciences |
| Akwasi Owusu Kyem | 2011 | MSc Student, School of Public Health |
| Justene Quarrasi | 2014 | MSc Student, School of Public Health |
| Olasoji Awoyera | 2014 to 2018 | MSc Student, Community Health and Epidemiology |
| Eric Russell | 2015 to 2017 | MSc Student, Occupational Hygiene (University of British Columbia) |
| Upkardeep Pandher | 2015 to 2022 | PhD Student in Health Sciences, Post Doctoral Fellow |
| Kaitlin Merkowsky | 2017 to 2023 | PhD Student, Health Sciences |
| Jordan Si | 2018 to 2020 | MSc Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Yingjie Yang | 2019 to 2021 | MSc Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Roger Bolo | 2021 to 2023 | MSc Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Shiva Aminian | 2020 to 2023 | MSc Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Mina Movasaghi | 2021 to 2024 | MSc Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Pezhman Zolfagharo Didani | 2021 to 2023 | PhD Student, Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Alejandra Castillo Toro | 2022 to 2025 | MSc Student, Health Sciences |
| Tejvir Binepal | 2023 to 2024 | MSc Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Post Doctoral Fellows & Staff | ||
| Dr. David Schneberger | 2015 to 2022 | Post Doctoral Fellow & Professional Research Associate |
| Dr. Arcadio Viveros Guzman | 2016 to 2017 | Post Doctoral Fellow |
| Dr. Amanda Nascimento | 2016 to 2021 | Post Doctoral Fellow |
| Dr. Myra Martel | 2017 to 2019 | Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Dr. Alexandra Belotta | 2018 to 2020 | Post Doctoral Fellow |
| Charly Nolting | 2022 to 2023 | Research Assistant/Hygiene Technician |
| Dr. Merle Massie | 2023 to 2024 | Professional Research Associate |
| Dr. Pardis (Elsa) Keshavarz | 2023 to 2025 | Post Doctoral Fellow |
| Manpreet Kaur | 2023 to 2025 | Research Assistant |
Contact us
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Laboratory Director Dr. Shelley Kirychuk, BScN, MSc, MBA, PhD |
Laboratory Manager Brooke Thompson |
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Mailing Address OHH Lab c/o Dr. Shelley Kirychuk |
Visit Us Health Sciences E-Wing 1331 or 2D10 HSc |











