Dr. Barbara Neis

Photo courtesy of Sheilagh O'Leary

In addition to being the Co-Director of SafetyNet, and a researcher for two SafetyNet projects, Dr. Neis is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland. Dr. Neis received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1988. She has researched many different aspects of the Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries and has recently begun linking that research with international fisheries-related developments.

Her current areas of research focus include studies on occupational asthma in snow crab processing workers, and fishing vessel safety (both funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research), the human health impacts of restructuring in the Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries (funded by Health Canada the National Network on Environments and Women's Health, and SSHRC and NSERC) and local ecological knowledge and science (funded by SSHRC and NSERC). In addition, she is part of a team of researchers exploring the relationships between gender and globalization within fisheries (funded by SSHRC).

Contact: bneis@mun.ca

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