Dr. Steve E. Hrudey
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Alberta
Election Year
2006
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Engineering
Department
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Keywords
Environmental health, drinking water safety, health risk assessment, riskmManagement, environmental quality
Long Citation
Steve E. Hrudey is an internationally-recognized authority in the fields of drinking water safety and environmental health risk assessment and management. His pioneering research on cyanobacterial toxins was a major impetus for Canada's drinking water guideline on microcystin; later he was an architect of the risk management restructuring of Australia's Drinking Water Guidelines. He was also a principal scientific advisor to Justice Dennis O'Connor for the Walkerton Inquiry in Ontario. He now chairs the Environmental Appeals Board, a quasi-judicial tribunal for the Province of Alberta.
Short Citation
Steve E. Hrudey is an internationally-recognized authority in the fields of drinking water safety and environmental health risk assessment and management. His pioneering research on cyanobacterial toxins was a major impetus for Canada's drinking water guideline on microcystin and he was an architect of the restructured Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
Steve E. Hrudey is an internationally-recognized authority in the fields of drinking water safety and environmental health risk assessment and management. His pioneering research on cyanobacterial toxins was a major impetus for Canada's drinking water guideline on microcystin; later he was an architect of the risk management restructuring of Australia's Drinking Water Guidelines. He was also a principal scientific advisor to Justice Dennis O'Connor for the Walkerton Inquiry in Ontario. He now chairs the Environmental Appeals Board, a quasi-judicial tribunal for the Province of Alberta.
Short Citation
Steve E. Hrudey is an internationally-recognized authority in the fields of drinking water safety and environmental health risk assessment and management. His pioneering research on cyanobacterial toxins was a major impetus for Canada's drinking water guideline on microcystin and he was an architect of the restructured Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.