Biography
Dr. Krewski is Professor and Director of the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment within the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, where he is involved in a number of activities in population health risk assessment. Dr. Krewski has also served as Adjunct Research Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton University since 1984. Prior to joining the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa in 1998, Dr. Krewski was Director, Risk Management in the Health Protection Branch of Health Canada. While with Health Canada, he also served as Chief of the Biostatistics Division in the Environmental Health Directorate. Dr. Krewski obtained his PhD in statistics from Carleton University and subsequently completed an MHA at the University of Ottawa. His professional interests include epidemiology, biostatistics, risk assessment, and risk management.
Dr. Krewski served as a Member, Chief Science Advisor of Canada Expert Panel on COVID19 (2020-2023); Member, Council of Canadian Academies Science Advisory Committee (2010-2017); Chair, U.S. Health Effects Institute Diesel Epidemiology Panel (2012-2014); Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, WHO International Project on Health Risks of Air Pollution in Europe (2011-2013); Member, Science Advisory Board, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Johns Hopkins University (2009- present); Associate Scientific Director, PrioNet Canada, Network of Centres of Excellence in Prion Disease (2007-2012); Chair, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on Toxicity Testing and Risk Assessment (2004-2007); Chair, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on Acute Exposure Guidelines for Highly Hazardous Substances (1998-2004); Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Board on Radiation Effects Research (2002-present); Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR VII, 2000-present; BEIR VI, 1994-1999); Chair, Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on the Potential Health Risks of Radiofrequency Fields from Wireless Telecommunications Devices ((1998-1999); Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (1996-2002); Member, Scientific Council of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (1992-1996). Dr. Krewski received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Risk Analysis (2013), and is a Lifetime National Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2002); Fellow, Society for Risk Analysis (1993); Fellow, American Statistical Association (1990).