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Understanding exposure effects — linking research to public health
About Us
Welcome to the website for the Air Pollution Exposure Laboratory (APEL). APEL is an academic program located at Vancouver General Hospital and affiliated with the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Chris Carlsten is the Director of the Air Pollution Exposure Lab (APEL), a state of the art, controlled-human exposure facility used to learn about the effects of air pollution on respiratory health.We are dedicated to researching lung diseases related to workplace and environmental exposures in addition to operating a clinic for patients with these illnesses.
We also operate the Occupational Lung Disease Clinic at The Lung Centre at Vancouver General Hospital for patients with concerns regarding occupational or environmental exposures contributing to respiratory diseases, including asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, cancer and pleural disease.
Our Mission
The mission of APEL is to be the world-leading controlled human exposure lab, leveraging interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork excellence to provide a robust mechanistic understanding of exposure-induced lung pathophysiology that informs plausible policy, preventive and therapeutic interventions and develops the next generation of research leaders.
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