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Dr Cristina Canova
Dr Cristina Canova is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in both the Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Heath Group and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Group at NHLI. She joined NHLI in June 2010 as part of the MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health.
Dr Canova graduated in Statistics, Demography and Social Sciences at the University of Padua (Italy) in 2002 and then worked as a researcher in medical statistics and epidemiology at the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at Padua University. Her PhD (“Role of genetic and environmental factors in head and neck cancer”) was awarded in 2007, and included a placement at the International Agency of Research on Cancer in Lyon. Prior to joining NHLI she had conducted studies on the role of air pollution exposure on human health, with a particular focus on health effects in those with asthma and in those with cardiac disease. She has extensive experience in the development, conduct and coordination of epidemiological studies and in the analysis of epidemiological data.
Her current research is related to the investigation of cardio-respiratory effects of ambient air pollution, in particular the role of particulate pollutants in exacerbations of asthma and COPD. She also has an interest in the health effects of exposure to welding fumes in the occupational environment and carbon monoxide in the indoor and outdoor environment.
Selected Publications
Journals
- Canova C; Torresan S; Simonato L; Scapellato ML; Tessari R; Visentin A; Lotti M; Maestrelli P. (Feb 2010). Carbon monoxide pollution is associated with decreased lung function in asthmatic adults. Eur Respir J. 35:266-272. DOI.
- Scapellato ML; Canova C; de Simone A; Carrieri M; Maestrelli P; Simonato L; Bartolucci GB. (Nov 2009). Personal PM10 exposure in asthmatic adults in Padova, Italy: seasonal variability and factors affecting individual concentrations of particulate matter. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 212:626-636. DOI.
- Folino AF; Scapellato ML; Canova C; Maestrelli P; Bertorelli G; Simonato L; Iliceto S; Lotti M. (Jul 2009). Individual exposure to particulate matter and the short-term arrhythmic and autonomic profiles in patients with myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J. 30:1614-1620. DOI.
- Canova C; Hashibe M; Simonato L; Nelis M; Metspalu A; Lagiou P; Trichopoulos D; Ahrens W; et alPigeot I; Merletti F; Richiardi L; Talamini R; Barzan L; Macfarlane GJ; Macfarlane TV; Holcátová I; Bencko V; Benhamou S; Bouchardy C; Kjaerheim K; Lowry R; Agudo A; Castellsagué X; Conway DI; McKinney PA; Znaor A; McCartan BE; Healy CM; Marron M; Brennan P. (1 Apr 2009). Genetic associations of 115 polymorphisms with cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract across 10 European countries: the ARCAGE project. Cancer Res. 69:2956-2965. DOI.
