Nicola Cherry

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Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

Email: ncherry@ualberta.ca

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Nicola Cherry is an occupational epidemiologist who graduated in medicine and epidemiology from McGill after obtaining a PhD in occupational psychology at the University of London (UK). She has worked in occupational health on both sides of the Atlantic, first with the UK Medical Research Council, then at the Institute for Occupational Health at the London School of Hygiene, followed by time in Quebec, at the Provincial Research Institute for Health and Safety at Work and then at the McGill School of Occupational Health and the Department of Epidemiology. From there she returned to the UK to be Director of the Centre of Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Manchester and Head of the School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences. She returned to Canada in 2000, and until 2006 served as Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences.

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Dr. Cherry has wide research interests including surveillance, intervention and its evaluation, molecular markers and the effects of chemicals on the nervous and reproductive system.

Are Inflammatory Markers an Indicator of Exposure or Effect in Firefighters Fighting a Devastating Wildfire? Follow-up of a Cohort in Alberta, Canada

Cherry N, Beach J, Galarneau JM

Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 2021 July; 65 10.1093/annweh/wxaa142

Are Inflammatory Markers an Indicator of Exposure or Effect in Firefighters Fighting a Devastating Wildfire? Follow-up of a Cohort in Alberta, Canada

Cherry N., Beach J., Galarneau J.M.

Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 2021 July; 65 (6):635-648 10.1093/annweh/wxaa142

Occupational Dermatitis in Welding: Does Nickel Exposure Account for Higher Rates in Women? Analysis of a Canadian Cohort

Cherry N., Galarneau J.M.

Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 2021 March; 65 (2):183-195 10.1093/annweh/wxaa049

Phytoestrogen intake and other dietary risk factors for low motile sperm count and poor sperm morphology

Povey A.C., Clyma J.A., McNamee R., Moore H.D., Baillie H., Pacey A.A., Cade J.E., Cherry N.M.

Andrology. 2020 November; 8 (6):1805-1814 10.1111/andr.12858

Nicola Cherry

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Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

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Ergonomic demands and fetal loss in women in welding and electrical trades: A Canadian cohort study

Pregnancy Outcome in Women Exposed to Metal Fume in Welding: A Canadian Cohort Study.

Urinary Metals as a Marker of Exposure in Men and Women in the Welding and Electrical Trades: A Canadian Cohort Study.

Cherry N, Beach J, Galarneau JM. The Health of Firefighters Deployed to the Fort McMurray Fire: Lessons Learnt

Respiratory Outcomes of Firefighter Exposures in the Fort McMurray Fire: A Cohort Study From Alberta Canada

Prevalence of Mental Ill-Health in a Cohort of First Responders Attending the Fort McMurray Fire

Are Inflammatory Markers an Indicator of Exposure or Effect in Firefighters Fighting a Devastating Wildfire? Follow-up of a Cohort in Alberta, Canada

Are Inflammatory Markers an Indicator of Exposure or Effect in Firefighters Fighting a Devastating Wildfire? Follow-up of a Cohort in Alberta, Canada

The role of organizational supports in mitigating mental ill health in firefighters: A cohort study in Alberta, Canada

Childhood care and abuse in firefighters assessed for mental ill-health following the Fort McMurray fire of May 2026.

Exposure and Absorption of PAHs in Wildland Firefighters: A Field Study with Pilot Interventions

Occupational Dermatitis in Welding: Does Nickel Exposure Account for Higher Rates in Women? Analysis of a Canadian Cohort

Phytoestrogen intake and other dietary risk factors for low motile sperm count and poor sperm morphology