Psychosocial Factors and Risks at Work

This past installment of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine grand rounds, on Friday 05-April-2024, focused psychosocial factors and risks at work as described by Dr. Quentin Durand-Moreau.

Quentin Durand-Moreau, MD, MEd, is an Assistant Professor in the division of Preventive Medicine and director of Post-Graduate Occupational Medicine programs (Subspecialty residency, Enhanced Skills, and Fellowship) at the University of Alberta, since 2019. Prior to that, he worked in France for 5 years after completing his residency training and was appointed as the director of the Occupational Disease Center of Brest University Hospital (2018-2019).

He currently practices as an Occupational Medicine Specialist at the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Clinic (Kaye Edmonton Clinic). He is currently co-chair of the International Commission on Occupational Health Scientific Committee on Work, Organizational and Psychosocial factors (ICOH-WOPS), and the ICOH National Secretary for Canada. He is a member of the Council of Scientific Affairs of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the French Society for Occupational Health (Société Française de Santé au Travail, SFST). He is the Medical Education representative of the Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada (OMSOC). His topics of interest and research include Occupational Cancers, Covid work-related issues, and Medical Education.

Quentin Durand-Moreau currently serves as associate editor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and chairs the scientific committee of Archives des maladies professionnelles et de l’environnement.

He is one of the co-recipients of the 2023 ACOEM executive committee outstanding achievement award, as a member of the COGA/CSA Joint Workgroup on Lead.