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Personal profile
Biography
Peter Smith is an Adjunct Associate Professor and former Larkins Fellow at the Monash Centre of Occupational and Environmental Health. He has a Masters in Public Health from the University of New South Wales and a PhD from the Institute for Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Peter is currently the President and Senior Scientist at the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto.
He is a former recipient of a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (2008 - 2013), a Discovery Early Career Research Award from the Australian Research Council (2012 - 2014), and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Research Chair in Gender, Work and Health (2014 - 2019).
He has extensive experience conducting research related to work injury and its consequences using both large population based surveys and administrative workers' compensation data. His major research interests are in the epidemiology of work injury and its consequences; modeling change in labour market conditions over time and examining the associated health effects; and the measurement of aspects of the nature of work.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Measurement
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Surveys and Survey Research
- Workers compensation
- Workplace health and safety
- Young workers
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
- 7 Finished
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Research projects to support development of the National Return to Work strategy.
Collie, A., Lane, T., Iles, R. & Smith, P.
3/08/18 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
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International collaboration in coccupational cohort studies
Sim, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Glass, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Smith, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Berecki-Gisolf, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
2/11/17 → 1/11/18
Project: Research
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Understanding individual, workplace and system level influences on return to work in a changing Australian labour market
Sim, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), LaMontagne, A. D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Smith, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Browne, T. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Fitzpatrick, T. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Hill, J. D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Hogg-Johnson, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Lilley, R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), McConnell-Lynch, H. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Ryan, S. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Australian Research Council (ARC), University of Melbourne, Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) (trading as WorkSafe Victoria), Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Safe Work Australia (SWA), Beyond Blue Limited, Australian Industry Group (Ai GROUP), University of Toronto, University of Otago
1/07/13 → 31/10/17
Project: Research
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Understanding individual, workplace and system level influences on return to work (RTW) in the context of the ageing Victorian labour market: A feasibility study on recruitment and data collection
Smith, P., Sim, M., Jones, R., Hogg-Johnson, S., Lamontagne, A. & Compton, S.
Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) (trading as WorkSafe Victoria)
30/06/12 → 29/06/13
Project: Research
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Comparing the Life Satisfaction of Older Immigrants and Refugees to Canadian-Born Older Adults: The Role of Immigrant Admission Classes
Morassaei, S., Smith, P. M., Wilson, K. & Ghahari, S., 2025, In: Clinical Gerontologist. 48, 2, p. 244-259 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
An observational study of pain severity, cannabis use, and benefit expenditures in work disability
Mustard, C. A., Orchard, C., Dobson, K. G., Carnide, N. & Smith, P. M., Feb 2024, In: Canadian Journal of Public Health. 115, 1, p. 157–167 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Mental Health-Related Emergency Department Visits Among Veterans and Non-Veterans Residing in Ontario, Canada: Une analyse de cohorte rétrospective des visites au service d’urgence liées à la santé mentale parmi les vétérans et non-vétérans résidant en Ontario, Canada
St. Cyr, K., Smith, P., Kurdyak, P., Cramm, H., Aiken, A. B. & Mahar, A., May 2024, In: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 69, 5, p. 347-357 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Associations between occupational physical activity and left ventricular structure and function over 25 years in CARDIA
Quinn, T. D., Lane, A., Gabriel, K. P., Sternfeld, B., Jacobs, D. R., Smith, P. & Gibbs, B. B., 1 Mar 2024, In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 31, 4, p. 425-433 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Evaluation of the Ontario Mandatory Working-at-Heights Training Requirement in Construction, 2012‒2019
Robson, L. S., Landsman, V., Smith, P. M. & Mustard, C. A., 1 Jan 2024, In: American Journal of Public Health. 114, 1, p. 38-41 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)