Health Sciences Centre
Rm: H 2851
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Atanu.Sarkar@med.mun.ca

Teaching:

Course Instructor:

• Environmental health (MED 6722) for MPH (Winter)
• Communicable disease prevention and control (MED6724) for MPH (Fall)
• Public health seminar I (MED6700) for MPH program (Fall)
• Public health seminar II (MED6701) for MPH program (Winter)

Course coordinator:

• Occupational and environmental health (Community Health II, MED6640) for UGMD (Winter)

Research Interests:

• Climate change and health
• Environmental contamination and health
• Ecosystem and health
• Social epidemiology
• Agriculture and health
• Occupational hazards
• Global health

Highlighted Accomplishments:

• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University (2010)
• Core Team Member: Employment condition and health dimension (EMCONET), Commission of Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Team Member: Global Partnership on Atmospheric Mercury Transport and Fate Research, United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)

Research Grants:

• A study of groundwater quality of private wells in Western Newfoundland communities (Principal Investigator), Source: Harris Centre RBC Water Research and Outreach Fund (2011-2012)
• Multiple environmental stressors contaminating water and food chain: an exploratory study assessing human health risk in the Humber River Basin (Principal Investigator), Source: Humber River Basin Project (2011-2012)

Selected Publications:

• Sarkar, A., Patil, S.G., Hugar, L.B., vanLoon, G (2011). Sustainability of current agriculture practices, community perception and implications for ecosystem health: an Indian study. EcoHealth 8(4). DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0723-9.
• Sarkar, A. (2011). Climate Change: Adverse Health Impacts and Roles of Health Professionals. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2(1): pp 5-8.
• Sarkar, A. (2010) Ecosystem Perspective of Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in India and Relevance in Policy. EcoHealth. 7(1), pp 114-126.
• Sarkar, A. (2010) Assessing Vulnerability and Adaptation of Arsenic Exposed Population in India. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution. 7(1), pp 35-43.
• Sarkar, A. (2009) Role of Inequality and Inequity in the Occurrence and Consequences of Chronic Arsenicosis in India and Policy Implications. Environmental Justice. 2(3), pp 147 – 152.
• Sarkar, A. (2009) Sustainable solutions to arsenic contamination of ground water: a review of existing opportunities in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra basin. In: Pascual, U., Bandyopadhyay, J., & Shah, A. (Eds) Water, Agriculture and Sustainable Wellbeing Oxford University Press, pp 54-74, New Delhi, India.
• Mukherjee, A.B., Bhattacharya P., Sarkar, A., Zevenhoven, R. (2009) Mercury emissions from industrial sources in India and its effects in the environment, In: Pirrone, N & Mason R, (Eds) Mercury Fate and Transport in the Global Atmosphere Emissions, Measurements and Models. Springer, pp 81-112, New York, USA.
• Sarkar, A. (2008) Climate change and health: methodological issues and introduction to climate epidemiology. Indian Journal of Public Health. 52(2), pp 100-106.