Prof. Jacques Oosthuizen

Dr. Jacques Oosthuizen is Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health at the Edith Cowan University, Australia. Dr. Oosthuizen has worked as an academic in the field of environmental and occupational health since 1989, initially in South Africa. In 1999, Dr. Oosthuizen was recruited to Central Queensland University, and in 2001 he moved to ECU where he established the undergraduate course in Environmental Health and the postgraduate Masters in Occupational Hygiene and Toxicology. He holds a BA, MMed Sci and PhD in Environmental Health. Dr. Oosthuizen is a Certified Occupational Hygienist registered with the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists and is a member of Environmental Health Australia and the Safety Institute of Australia. His research areas and interests include occupational exposure assessment, lithium dust toxicity, heat stress, climate change and heat adaptation strategies in developing countries, mosquito vectors and disease control.