Christopher J. Lipowski, CRSP
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Christopher Lipowski obtained a diploma in psychology from Loyola College in Montreal and a bachelors degree in psychology / biology from Concordia University also in Montreal. After almost two years as Clinical Research Associate in the Cardiovascular section at Novartis Pharmaceuticals he went on to work for three years at the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, where he attended part time graduate studies in its Psychopharmacology Division. Under the thesis supervision and guidance of Dr's. Roberta Palmour & Frank Ervin, his concept and laboratory research work led to a novel finding that CNS adenosine A1 and A2 receptors are involved in modulating fighting responses in mice, published in Life Science (1989; 44 (18):1293-301), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2716472.
Subsequently, Christopher changed career directions and went on to receive training in occupational health and safety through auditing the entire McGill University’s graduate School of Occupational Health program. In 1993 he obtained the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation http://www.bcrsp.ca/. As the University's first Health and Safety Officer, for over thirteen years he applied his knowledge in psychology towards improving safety management organizational culture and used his training in occupational hygiene to develop innovative programs such as office ergonomics MSD injury prevention / remediation, and laboratory safety inspections. He left McGill in 2000 and began to offer OHS consulting services, Pinnacle Enterprises Canada. Christopher developed one of the first healthcare indoor mould control programs in Canada for Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. For the past several years, Christopher has focused on healthcare health and safety management system development / auditing (The Ottawa Hospital). He uses the CSA Z1000-06 standard as a proactive tool for creating effective strategies to reduce occupational hazard risks and associated costs and achieve safe working conditions for healthcare workers which result in sustainable patient care excellence.
Christopher Lipowski's highly respected Canadian website, Healthcare Safety Info-eLink™ highlights his mission that we need to seriously consider the important link between the quality of healthcare occupational safety and resulting patient care outcomes. Christopher is in the final stage of completion of the Ryerson University Advanced Safety Management Certificate program. For more information please view the Power Point presentation below:
"A Proactive Approach for Managing Healthcare Health & Safety"
by Christopher Lipowski, CRSP
(ppt presentation)
The McGill Reporter (December 5, 1996).