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Eric Liberda

Eric Liberda

Professor
EducationBES, MES, MASc, PhD
OfficeDCC-325, Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 553020
Areas of ExpertiseToxicology; Pandemic planning; Inhalation exposures; Risk assessment.

Dr. Liberda is available to supervise Occupational and Public Health (MSc) students in 2024-2025.

I earned both an undergraduate and master's degree in Environmental Health from the University of Waterloo and completed a second master’s in Toxicology at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. I was awarded with a doctorate of Environmental Medicine (Environmental Health Sciences, Exposure Assessment and Toxicology) from the Department of Environmental Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. I play an active role in the Society of Toxicology, the Society of Toxicology Canada, and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

My goal is to make my mark by improving human health and human health policy using science-based research. My work to date has resulted in publications and grants that strive to protect Canadians from the adverse health effects of a wide variety of toxicants such as pesticides, toxic metals, and nanoparticles. I primarily work with local and remote Indigenous communities on issues that concern them and implement novel technological tools and statistical methods such as 3D printing, AR/VR, and machine and deep learning.

Research areas:

  • Environmental health
  • Indigenous health
  • Cardiopulmonary toxicology
  • Human health risk assessment

Recent Journal articles:

Liberda EN, Zuk AM, Tsuji, JS. 2019. Complex Contaminant Mixtures and Their Associations with Intima-Media Thickness. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (external link) . Vol. 19(1):289.

Zuk A, Tsuji JS, Nieboer E, Martin ID, Liberda EN. 2019. Examining environmental contaminant mixtures among adults with type 2 diabetes in the Cree First Nation communities of Eeyou Istchee, Canada (external link) . Scientific Reports. Vol. 9:15909.

Awor L, Meldrum R, Liberda EN. 2019. Prospects of using an existing mosquito-borne disease surveillance system to monitor other emerging mosquito-borne diseases: a systematic review of West Nile Virus surveillance in Canada. Environmental Health Review. Vol. 62(3): 82-91.

Liberda EN, Tsuji JS, Martin ID, Ayotte P, Robinson R, Dewailly E, Nieboer E. 2018. Source Identification of Human Exposure to Lead in Nine Cree Nations from Quebec, Canada (Eeyou Istchee Territory). (external link)  Environmental Research. Vol. 161:409-417.

Nieboer E, Martin ID, Liberda EN, Dewailly E, Robinson E, and Tsuji LJS. 2017. Body burdens, sources and interrelations of selected toxic and essential elements among the nine Cree First Nations of Eeyou Istchee, James Bay Region of northern Quebec, Canada. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. Vol. 24:19:727-741.

Liberda EN, Meldrum R, Charania N, Tsuji LJS. 2017. Avian Influenza Prevalence Among Hunter-Harvested Birds in a Remote Canadian First Nation Community. Rural and Remote Health. Vol. 17:3864.

Awuor L, Thompson S, Thompson B, Liberda EN, and Meldrum R. 2016. Microbiological Quality of Ice Served in Selected Toronto Food Premises (external link) . Environmental Health Review. Vol, 59(3):83-87.

Liberda EN, Tsuji LJ, Peltier R. 2015. Mining in Subarctic Canada: Airborne PM2.5 Metal Concentrations in Two Remote First Nations Communities (external link) . Chemosphere. Vol. 139:452-460. (external link) 

Reyes ES, Liberda EN, Tsuji LJ. 2015. Human Exposure to Soil Contaminants in Subarctic Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. Vol. 28;74:27357, doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v74.2735.

Tam B, Tsuji LJS, Martin ID, Liberda EN, Ayotte P, Cote S, Dewailly E, Nieboer E. 2015. Iodine status of Eeyou Istchee community members of northern Quebec, Canada, and potential sources (external link) . Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts.  Vol. 17(4):844-53.

Juric AM, Meldrum R, Liberda EN. 2015. Achieving Control of Occupational Exposures to Engineered Nanomaterials. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene (external link) .  

Cuevas AK, Niu J, Zhong M, Liberda EN, Ghio A, Qu Q, Chen LC. 2015. Metal rich particulate matter impairs acetylcholine-mediated vasorelaxation of microvessels in mice (external link) . Particle and Fibre Toxicology.Vol. 4;12:14, 2015.

Liberda EN, Tsuji JS, Martin ID, Ayotte P, Dewailly E, Nieboer E. 2014. The Complexity of Hair/Blood Mercury Concentration Ratios and Its Implications. Environ Res. Vol. 134:186-294.

Charania N, Martin ID, Liberda EN, Meldrum R, Tsuji JS.2014. Bird harvesting practices and knowledge, risk perceptions, and attitudes regarding avian influenza among Canadian First Nations subsistence hunters: implications for influenza pandemic plans. BMC Public Health. 14 :1113.

Liberda EN, Cuevas AK, Qu Q, Chen LC. The Acute Effects of Inhaled Nickel Nanoparticles. 2014. Inhalation Toxicology. Vol. 26(10):588-97.

Charania N, Tsuji JS, Martin ID, Liberda EN, Cote S, Ayotte P, Dewailly E, Nieboer E. 2014. An examination of traditional foods and smoking as cadmium sources among the nine First Nations of Eeyou Istchee, Northern Quebec, Canada (external link) . Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts.