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Brian Laird is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Waterloo's School of Public Health Sciences. His research focuses on improving the characterization of human exposures and risks from environmental contamination. He is particularly interested in developing tools and approaches to quantify health risks associated with dietary contaminants, as well as creating optimal intervention strategies to mitigate these risks. His ongoing research includes a two-pronged program that examines population-level contaminant exposure through biomonitoring and investigates how selenium and omega-3 fatty acids may counteract the health risks posed by methylmercury. Laird is also focused on graduate supervision, currently welcoming applications from graduate students whose research interests align with Toxicology, Exposure Science, Environmental Health, and Risk Assessment.
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.