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Christopher Carlsten

Professor
Director, Centre for Lung Health
Academic Appointment
Professor
Research Focus
Lungs and Breathing Air Pollution
Degrees / Designations

BA, MD, MPH

Contact Info
christopher.carlsten@ubc.ca
pollutionlab

Biography

Dr. Christopher Carlsten is director of the Centre for Lung Health, a professor and head of the Respiratory Medicine Division at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is a Canada Research Chair in Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease and holds the Astra-Zeneca Chair in Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease at UBC. He is the director of both the Legacy for Airway Health and the Air Pollution Exposure Laboratory, and also holds adjunct positions at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the UBC School of Population and Public Health. He attended undergraduate and medical school at Stanford University before training in internal, occupational, pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Washington. 
 
Dr. Carlsten’s clinical and research interests center on occupational airways disease, including the effects of diesel exhaust and other inhaled exposures on asthma induction and exacerbation. His laboratory investigates the cardio-pulmonary-immunological health effects of inhaled environmental and occupational exposures, using diesel exhaust, western red cedar and phthalates as model inhalants. Across these domains, he focuses on community-partnered engagement, reducing disparities, and narrowing the gaps between the academic and applied realms of health care, prevention and related policy. As director of the Occupational Lung Disease Clinic at Vancouver General Hospital’s Lung Centre, he welcomes patients with concerns regarding occupational or environmental exposures contributing to respiratory disease including asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, cancer and pleural disease.

Research Studies

Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Substance Use

Lung health benefits of e-cigarette cessation

Lungs, Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health

Public engagement of wildfire smoke exposure and public health messages in BC

Asthma, COPD

Care during COVID-19 survey

News and Awards

Giving voice to asthma and COPD patients

Jul 22, 2022

The connection between diesel exhaust, allergies and climate change

Sep 20, 2021

COVID-19 Research Fund 2020 Recipients

May 26, 2020

People in profile: Juma Orach

May 1, 2019

Pinpointing patients most at-risk from air pollution exposure

Jul 7, 2018

Breathing in a warmer world: climate change is increasing respiratory disease

Jun 23, 2017

Ask the experts: Why should I carve out research time for social media?

Jan 7, 2017

Giving lung health exploration and discovery new 3D-printed life

Jul 22, 2016

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2016 Recipients

Jun 20, 2016

People in profile: Min Hyung Ryu

May 16, 2016

Catching our breath: Why lung research needs to ‘outpace’ persistent air pollution

Feb 20, 2015

Publications

  • American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine -

    Dibutyl Phthalate Augments Allergen-induced Lung Function Decline and Alters Human Airway Immunology. A Randomized Crossover Study.

    Maestre-Batlle D, Huff RD, Schwartz C, Alexis NE, Tebbutt SJ, Turvey S, Bølling AK, Carlsten C
  • The European respiratory journal -

    Acute air pollution exposure alters neutrophils in never-smokers and at-risk humans.

    Wooding DJ, Ryu MH, Li H, Alexis NE, Pena O, Carlsten C,
  • American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine -

    Particle Depletion Does Not Remediate Acute Effects of Traffic-related Air Pollution and Allergen. A Randomized, Double-Blind Crossover Study.

    Wooding DJ, Ryu MH, Hüls A, Lee AD, Lin DTS, Rider CF, Yuen ACY, Carlsten C
  • The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology -

    Controlled diesel exhaust and allergen coexposure modulates microRNA and gene expression in humans: Effects on inflammatory lung markers.

    Rider CF, Yamamoto M, Günther OP, Hirota JA, Singh A, Tebbutt SJ, Carlsten C
  • Thorax -

    Diesel exhaust augments allergen-induced lower airway inflammation in allergic individuals: a controlled human exposure study.

    Carlsten C, Blomberg A, Pui M, Sandstrom T, Wong SW, Alexis N, Hirota J
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