Project Team

DONALD T. WIGLE, MD, PHD, MPH

After an illustrious career as a scientist with Health Canada, Don Wigle is currently an Affiliate Scientist at the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment as well as an Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Wigle's research interests include surveillance of chronic diseases in Canada, the assessment of chronic disease determinants including socio-economic status, occupation, environmental exposures, diet, smoking, alcohol, fertility, medical drug use, cancer control, environmental health surveillance, drinking water quality and children's environmental health. Dr. Wigle is presently working on a book examining issues in children's environmental health.

Selected Publications:

Wigle, DT. Child Health and the Environment. In press. Oxford University Press.

Wigle DT. Safe drinking water: a public health challenge. Chronic Dis Can. 1998;19(3):103-7. Review.

Morrison HI, Schaubel D, Desmeules M, Wigle DT. Serum folate and risk of fatal coronary heart disease. JAMA. 1996 Jun 26;275(24):1893-6.

Wigle DT, McCourt C, Li F. Restructuring of the Chronic Disease Program at the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control. Chronic Dis Can. 1996 Spring;17(2):74-6.

Wigle DT. Canada's health status: a public health perspective. Risk Anal. 1995 Dec;15(6):693-8.

Morrison HI, Semenciw RM, Mao Y, Wigle DT. Serum iron and risk of fatal acute myocardial infarction. Epidemiology. 1994 Mar;5(2):243-6.

Morrison HI, Semenciw RM, Wilkins K, Mao Y, Wigle DT. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and agricultural practices in the prairie provinces of Canada. Scand J Work Environ Health. 1994 Feb;20(1):42-7.

Arraiz GA, Wigle DT, Mao Y. Risk assessment of physical activity and physical fitness in the Canada Health Survey mortality follow-up study. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992 Apr;45(4):419-28.

Mao Y, Desmeules M, Semenciw RM, Hill G, Gaudette L, Wigle DT. Increasing brain cancer rates in Canada. CMAJ. 1991 Dec 15;145(12):1583-91.

Ritter L, Wigle DT, Semenciw RM, Wilkins K, Riedel D, Mao Y. Mortality study of Canadian male farm operators: cancer mortality and agricultural practices in Saskatchewan. Med Lav. 1990 Nov-Dec;81(6):499-505.