Dr. Bruce Urch

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Bruce Urch is an adjunct lecturer at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He holds a Ph.D. in Medical Science with a Collaborative Program in Environment & Health from the University of Toronto. His research interests focus on environmental health, particularly exposure assessment, urban air quality, and health effects studies. Urch has been involved in various research areas related to health effects of air pollution on susceptible populations, as well as the associations between particulate matter constituents and cardiorespiratory health effects. He has participated in significant studies and published various articles in scientific journals, contributing to understanding the mechanisms and mediators of air pollution effects on human health. His professional experience includes being an editorial advisory board member for the Open Environmental Sciences Journal and a former laboratory technician in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Urch has garnered experience over decades in evaluating the impact of air quality on cardiovascular health and has co-authored several publications highlighting critical findings in this area.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology