Project Team

JAMES GOMES, MSc, PhD

Dr. James Gomes in his graduate education in environmental health studied the impact of chronic exposure to organophosphorous pesticides on human health. He focused on human adverse health effects and examined dose-response inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity leading to neurological and behavioural deficits in humans. In animal models he studied reproductive outcomes from pre and post gestational chronic exposure to organophosphorous and organochlorine pesticides. He completed his post-doctoral training at the Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan where he was trained to assess chronic exposure to pesticides and endocrine disrupting chemicals and their role in the carcinogenesis of the prostate.

He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental health and human toxicology for several years. He is a keen researcher in the area of environmental health and toxicology and is interested in carcinogenic and adverse reproductive outcome potential of chronic exposure to pesticides and endocrine disrupting chemicals. He began his academic career at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. He then moved to the University of Regina, where he was the Director of Environmental Health Sciences Program at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College. He has recently moved to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa where he manages the program in health sciences.

Gomes J, Lloyd O, Revitt D. The influence of protective measures, environmental hygiene and exposure to pesticides on the health of immigrant farmworkers in a desert country, Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 1999;72(1):40-45.

Gomes J, Dawodu AH, Lloyd O, Anilal SV, Revitt DM. Hepatic injury and disturbed amino acid metabolism following prolonged exposure to pesticides, Human Exptal Toxicol. 1999;18(1):33-37.

Gomes J, Anilal SV, Lloyd O. Reproductive toxicity from organophosphorus pesticides I: low birth weight. JASH. 1999;5(2):239-248.

Gomes J, Lloyd O, Norman N. Dust exposure and impairment of lung function at a small iron foundry in a rapidly developing country. J Occup Environ Med, 2001;58:656-662.

Al-Neaimi YI, Gomes J, Lloyd O. Respiratory illnesses and lung function among workers at a cement factory in a rapidly developing country. J Occup Med, 2001;51(6):367-373.

Gomes J, Lloyd O, Norman N. The health of the workers at a steel factory in a rapidly developing country: effects of industrial exposure to noise and heat. Occup Med, 2002;52(3):121-128.