EDUCATION

1988-1993 Community Medicine Residency Program McMaster University (F.R.C.P.(C))
1989-1994 M. Sc., Design Measurement & Evaluation, McMaster University
1988-1989 Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety, McMaster University (D.O.H.S.)
1985-1987 Family Medicine Residency Program, McMaster University (C.C.F.P.)
1982-1985 Medical Degree, McMaster University (M.D.)
1977-1981 B. Sc. Biochemistry (major); English (minor) University of Toronto

CERTIFICATION

Licensed to practise medicine in the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario
Royal College of Canada: F.R.C.P.(C) Community Medicine

PRESENT ACTIVITIES (1999-2000)

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
2. Occupational Health Physician, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, NA618 700McDermot Ave Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T2 tel: (204) 787-3312
   Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Team, assessment and management of hospital employees (work injuries and related conditions, return to work, accommodation)
3. Occupational Health Physician, Manitoba Federation of Labour Occupational Health Centre (MFL-OHC) 102-275 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3C 4M6 tel: 204-949-0811
   Patient assessments of work related musculoskeletal injuries and disorders, management and treatment advice, worker education
4. Research in Occupational Health: The Stretch-Massage-Breathe (SMB) Program- pilot test of a workplace based education and treatment intervention for work related musculoskeletal pain in HSC employees, funded by Dept of Research Health Sciences Centre.
5. International Health consultation
   (1998-2000) Evaluating the Butterfly Garden, a child mental health program in Eastern Sri Lanka: trauma healing and community reconciliation in a creative play program for children affected by armed conflict; funded by Sri Lanka Canada Development Fund, Primates World Relief and Development Fund.

PAST WORK / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

A. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

1. Health Services
   (1987- 1997) Occupational Health Physician, L.A.M.P. Occupational Health Program, 185 Fifth St. Etobicoke ON M8V 2Z5, a community-health centre program offering medical, educational and research services to workplaces and injured workers
2. Occupational Health and Epidemiology Consultations and Research
   1. (1998-1999) Workplace based treatment and secondary prevention of myofascial pain in high risk health care workers (funded by WCB Manitoba)
   2. (1998-1999) Primary Prevention of Patient Lift and Transfer Injuries among Nursing Personnel on Acute Care Hospital Wards (funded by WCB Manitoba, Arjo Canada, Health Sciences Centre)
   3. (1993- 1997): Occupational Disease Panel, Ontario Ministry of Labour: consultant on worker's compensation industrial disease policy, reviewing epidemiology and scientific evidence related to eg. laryngeal, stomach, lung cancer in Ontario hard rock and nickel miners; workers exposed to metal working fluids, etc.
   4. Chase RM, Liss GL, Cole DC and Heath B "Toxic Health Effects and Reversible Macrothrombocytosis in Workers Exposed to Asphalt Fumes" American Journal of Industrial Medicine 25:279-289 (1994)
   5. Cole DC, Heath B, Cherry C, and Chase R, Local Partnerships for Healthy Workplaces and Communities: An Ontario Experience; New Solutions Vol 2 (4) Summer 1992 pp22-25
   6. (1988-1989) International Development Research Centre (IDRC) fellowship in Thailand: "Learning about Pesticides in Thai Medical Schools: A Community-Oriented, Problem-Based Approach" Impact of pesticide use on health in developing countries: Proceedings of a symposium held in Ottawa, Canada, 17-20 September, 1993. International Development Research Centre Ottawa, Ontario, IDRC, 1993

B. COMMUNITY MEDICINE / PUBLIC HEALTH

1. (1998-2000) Children Affected by War- evaluation of a community based trauma healing and community reconciliation program for children in eastern Sri Lanka. Monograph published: «The Butterfly Garden, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka: Final Report of a Program Development and Research Project (1998-2000) ISBN 955-599-197-9 Sri Lanka: Sarvodaya Vishva Lehka Printers, 2000
2. Presenter at International Conference on War Affected Children, Winnipeg Sept 12-15, 2000 sponsored by DFAIT (Canada) and UNICEF. Paper published in conference proceedings: «Healing and Reconciliation for War-Affected Children and Communities: Learning from the Butterfly Garden of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province»
3. (1992-1996) Consultant and founding member of McMaster University Health and War Program: «The Health of Children in War Zones Project» in support of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, funded by Health Canada. Research methodologist in Sri Lankan survey of 300+ schoolchildren affected by armed conflict assessed for child psychological trauma and anxiety/depression. A community-based «health-peace initiative» called the Butterfly Garden emerged as follow-up response. Publication: Chase R, Doney A, et al., Mental Health Initiatives as Peace Initiatives in Sri Lankan Schoolchildren Affected by Armed Conflict Medicine, Conflict and Survival Vol 15, 379-390 (1999)
4. Developed innovations in household survey methodology based on the construction of the genogram (family tree) using a set of cards and markers. Presented at Developing Genogram-based Survey and Interview Methods -workshop presented at the 3rd Canadian Conference on International Health Nov 10-13, 1996 Ottawa
5. (1989-1994) M.Sc.in Design Measurement and Evaluation (DME) thesis: Assessing the Health of Urban Homeless in Canada: The Potential of Community-Based Health Surveys and Qualitative Research Methods to Inform Public Policy.

   Abstract: The 1992 community-based survey of the health status and barriers to health care of homeless men and women in Toronto, Canada is evaluated methodologically. The sampling frame and the composite definition of homelessness used is discussed. Comparative population health and utilization data from the Ontario Health Survey (1990) is presented and appraised. The project concludes that epidemiological research on high-risk, high-need populations be critically evaluated as initiatives in health promotion.

6. (1991) International Study Team, Iraq:. "Health and Welfare in Iraq after the Gulf Crisis. Child Mortality and Nutrition Survey: A Public Health Survey" researcher and team supervisor in a survey of 9,000 Iraqi households to document infant and under-five mortality rates.
   Ascherio A, Chase R, Cote T, Dehaes G, Hoskins E, Laaouj J, Passey M, Qaderi S, Shuqaidef S, Smith M and Zaidi S. Effect of the Gulf War on Infant and Child Mortality in Iraq New England Journal of Medicine 327: 931-6. (1992)