Christopher Mcleod PhD

Dr. Christopher B. McLeod, PhD, is an Associate Professor at The University of British Columbia. He is also a co-director of the Partnership for Work, Health and Safety at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver. McLeod holds a PhD in population and public health from UBC and a master's in economics from McMaster University. He is the recipient of a five-year (2013-2018) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator Award and a five-year (2016-2021) Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award. He was a member of the Institute for Work & Health's scientific staff until March 2021.

McLeod’s research focuses on the program and policy evaluation of occupational health policies and practices, and on the causes and consequences of work-related injury and disease. He is also a content data expert for Population Data BC, working on developing and extending the occupational health data available to researchers through Population Data BC.