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Dr.
Soskolne is Professor of Epidemiology and Graduate
Coordinator in the Department of Public Health Sciences,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.  He
established the Department's Epidemiology Program and
built its Graduate Training activities at the masters
and doctoral levels. He has dedicated his career to
professional service in moving the ethics agenda forward,
and in his work with the International Society for
Environmental Epidemiology. His work in capacity building
extends from Canada to South Africa and Azerbaijan.
His major epidemiological research contributions have
been in the occupational cancer, AIDS and the global
change literatures.
With
his initial training in applied mathematics and computer
science in South Africa, Dr. Soskolne's first job,
in 1971,was as statistician with the South African
Human Sciences Research Council. He then directed the
Transvaal Branch of the Medical Research Council's
Institute for Statistical Research associated with
the National Research Institute for Occupational Diseases,
Johannesburg. He left South Africa for a January 1978
start in a PhD program. In 1982, he joined the Ontario
Cancer Foundation as Director of its Epidemiology Research
Unit located in the Department of Preventive Medicine
and Biostatistics at the University of Toronto. There
he was heavily engaged in AIDS research, in both professional
and public education, and in advocacy about AIDS. He
was awarded the SER 1983 Student Prize for his doctoral
work. His major research contribution formed the basis
in 1991 for the International Agency for Research on
Cancer designating "occupational exposures to strong-inorganic-acid
mists containing sulfuric acid" as a definitive human
carcinogen. From 1984 to 1996, he spearheaded efforts
to bring the question of professional ethics into focus
for epidemiologists world wide.
Dr.
Soskolne served on the ACE Ethics and Standards of
Practice Committee for its first 10 years of operation
through which he contributed significantly to the development
and recent publication of the ACE ethics guidelines.
His membership in ACE goes back to its founding days,
and he has been a Fellow since 1988. His most recent
sabbatical was with the WHO's European Centre for Environment
and Health, Rome. There, he produced a discussion document
concerned with the linkages between global ecological
integrity and sustainable development. Having organized
several national and international conferences, Dr.
Soskolne has won awards for his professional service.
His name is associated with over 200 published works.
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