​Photo: Dr. Annalee Yassi

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher, Dr. Annalee Yassi leads Medical Staff Occupational Safety and Health, the occupational health program established at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) to protect medical staff. 

Health care workers have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic since it began in early 2020. Diagnosing, treating, and caring for patients infected with the virus, they were potentially put at higher risk of contracting the disease without proper protection. Despite this, research led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher, Dr. Annalee Yassi, found health care worker infection rates were similar to those of the general population, even in the face​ of more transmissible COVID-19 variants of concern.

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