Maija EGLITE

Professor Maija EGLITE Director Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health Riga Stradins University Dzirciema iela 16 Riga, LV 1007 Latvia Head Centre of Occupational and Radiological Medicine P. Stradins Clinical University Hospital Phone/ Fax: : + 371 7409139  Mobile phone: + 371 9513041 e-mail: ivarsv@delfi.lv

Interests:

• Occupational Respiratory Diseases
• Occupational Allergic Diseases
• Heavy Metals in the Workplace and Environment
• Small Doses of Ionising Radiation

Languages: English, Russian, Latvian

Education

• Medical Academy of Latvia (Faculty of General Medicine), 1964
• Institute of Refresher Courses, Moscow, USSR, postgraduate course, 1964 - 1967
• Dr.med. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), Central Institute of Phisicians Qualification Improvement, Moscow, 1968 (Thesis: Hygienic Estimation of the Atmospheric Ozone)
• Dr. habil. med. (Doctor of Science in former USSR), Research Institute of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, Moscow, USSR, 1987 (Thesis: Occupational Allergic Diseases of Poultry Breeders)

Experience

Riga Medical Institute/Medical Academy of Latvia/ Riga Stradins University:

• Researcher, Hygiene and Occupational Research Laboratory, 1968-1980
• Head, Hygiene and Occupational Research Laboratory, 1980 - 1990
• Head, Department of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, 1990-1992
• Director, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1992 -
• Head, Centre of Occupational and Radiological Medicine of P.Stradins Clinical University Hospital, 1993 -

State Centre of Occupational Medicine:

• Director, 1980 - 1993

Abroad:

• Visiting Professor on Occupational Medicine, Porsgrunn’s University Hospital (Norway), and Lund’s University Hospital (Sweden), 1991
• A number of refresher courses (1972 - 1997).

Professional Activities and Memberships:

• President, Association of Latvian Occupational Medicine Physicians
• Member of Editorial Board for Labour Medicine and Industrial Ecology , Moscow, Russia
• Hiroshima City Overseas Partner
• Chairman, Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee for Medical Sciences, 2003 -

Courses

• Occupational and Environmental Medicine( for students)
• Occupational and Environmental Medicine (for postgraduates and physicians)
• Occupational and Environmental Medicine (for occupational nurses)

Recent/Representative Publications

• Izrailet L., Eglite M. Industry and Immunological Status of Human Organism, 1978, Moscow: Institute of Medical Information, 80 pp .(in Russian).
• Izrailet L., Eglite M. Occupational Diseases, 1981, Riga: Zvaigzne, 269 pp. (in Latvian).
• Eglite M. Allergic Diseases in Poultry Breeders, 1990, Riga: Zinatne, 170 pp. (in Latvian).
• M. Eglite. Features of immune response of poultry breeders with developing allergic diseases. - J. Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, ,1986, N 4, pp. 30-32 (in Russian).
• M. Eglite. Professional allergic diseases of poultry breeders. - ibid., 1987, N 6, pp. 9-12 (in Russian)..
• M. Eglite, M. Kapitonova, S. Karpacevskaja, T. Farbtuh. Problems of industrial hygiene and occupational health in poultry breeders. - ibid., 1991, N 2, pp. 3-6 (in Russian).
• M. Eglite. Occupational diseases in Republic of Latvia. - Norsk tidsskrift for arbeitsmedisin, 1991, N 4, pp. 245-248.
• M. Eglite, T. Farbtuh, S. Karpachevskaja. Effects of harmful chemical factors of production areas and environment on human health, Environmental Toxicology and Health, Report from meeting in Stockholm, May 1991, pp. 102-107.
• M. Eglite. Burning problems of occupational health in the world. - Lebanese Students Medical Journal, 1995, vol. 1, pp. 33-35.
• M. Eglite, M. Bake, T. Farbtuh, J. Hincenberga, I. Remez, A. Ustinenko, Monitoring of the workers for exposure and allergic diseases in the chemical - pharmaceutical enterprises. - ACTT Biologic Debrecen Oecol Hungary, Supplementum Oecologica Hungarica Fasc., 1994. (ed. 1995), vol. 5/2, pp. 389-398.
• M. Eglite, I. Ivanova, I. Remez, A. Ustinenko. Occupational allergic diseases in poultry breeders. - Proc. International Symposium on Work related Diseases, Austria, Linz, 1992, pp. 139-142.
• M. Eglite, J. Hincenberga, Occupational Risk Factors for Bronchial Asthma. - The European Respiratory Journal, vol. 8., Supplement 19, September 1995, p. 154.
• M. Eglite, T. Farbtuh, I. Hincenberg. Work environment in the poultry factories and the problems of occupational allergic diseases.- Proc. 44th Nordic Conference on Occupational Medicine, Nadendal, Finland, , 27-29 August, 1995, pp. 214-215.
• E. Curbakova, B. Dzerve, M. Eglite, T. Frickausa, T. Zvagule. Health status and follow-up of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident liquidators in Latvia. The radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident. - Proc. 1st International Conference on radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident, Minsk, Belarus, 18 - 22 March, 1996, pp. 929 - 934.
• M. Eglite, The current situation and trends in occupational medicine. - Occupational Health and Safety in Progress, Lappeenranta, Finland, 1996, August 12 - 14, pp. 17-20.
• M. Eglite, E. Curbakova, T. Farbtuha, T. Zvagule. Diseases of cardiovascular system of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant station (NPS) accident clean-up workers in Latvia. - Canadian J. Cardiology, 1997, vol. 13, Suppl. B, p. 77.
• J.-F. Viel, M.Eglite, E.Curbakova, B.Dzerve, T.Zvagule, C.Vincent. Risk factors for long-term mental and psychosomatic distress in Latvian Chernobyl liquidators. - Environmental Health Perspectives, 1997, vol. 105, Suppl. 6, pp. 1539-1544.
• M.Eglite, I.Jekabsone, M.Bake, Z.Podniece, D.Sprudza. Asbestos in Latvia. - Proc. Asbestos Symp. for Countries of Central and Eastern Europe ( December 1997, Helsinki), 1998, pp. 50-54.
• M.Eglite, I.Jekabsone, I.Vanadzins. Ethical aspects of occupational health in the Countries in Transition. - Proc. Intern. Symp. Ethical&Social Principles in Occupational Health Practices ( December 1997, Helsinki), pp. 93-97.
• M.Eglite, A.Veide, M.Bake. Health consequences of occupational exposure to lead in Latvia, SECOTOX '97. - Proc. Latvian Acad. Sci., 1998, vol. 52, pp. 205-207.
• E. Curbakova, T. Farbtuha, M. Eglite, T. Zvagule. The health status of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident liquidators in Latvia,  SECOTOX '97. - Proc. Latvian Acad. Sci., 1998, vol. 52, pp. 187-191.
• I.Strumfa, L.Feldmane, M.Eglite, E.Curbakova. Pathomorphological changes and their dynamics (1993-2001) in the upper part of the digestive tract of Chernobyl clean-up workers residing in Latvia. - Proc.Latv. Acad. Sci., B, 2002, vol.56 , N 3 (620), pp. 114–120.
• M.Eglite, I.Vanadzins, L.Matisane. Country profile: Latvia. Basic information on Latvia and its health system. - In book: Work and Health Country Profiles of Twenty-two European Countries. - People and Work Research Reports 52, FIOSH, Helsinki, 2002, pp. 239-256.
• M.Eglite, J.Jekabsone, I.Lielpetere . Asbestos in Latvia. - In book: The Asbestos Legacy, San Francisko, USA, 2002, pp. 409 – 424.
• Farbtuha, M.Eglite, Matisane L. Occupational medicine in Latvia. - Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene (Moscow), 2002,  N 2, pp. 16 – 20.
• T.Zvagule, I.Kurpniece, M.Eglite, U.Teibe, N.Gabruseva N. Electrophysiological characteristics of functional state of Chernobyl accident clean-up workers brain. - Proceedings of International conference ”Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology,” Ukraine, Crimea, alta-Gurzuff, June, 2003. – pp.24 – 26.
• I.Vanadzins, M.Eglite, Z.Roja, R.Mangule, M.Avota. Investigation of Risk Factors in Health Care sector . - Scientific Articles of Riga Stradins University. – Riga: Riga Stradins University, 2004, pp. 313 – 318.
• T.Zvagule, M.Eglite, R.Bruvere, I.Kurpniece. Functional State of Chernobyl Accident Clean-up workers Brain and its Relationship to Structural Characteristics of Their Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells . - Scientific Articles of Riga Stradins University. – Riga: Riga Stradins University, 2004, pp. 332 – 338.
• T.Zvagule, M.Eglite, U.Teibe, G.Rimdeika, B.Burokaite, K.Manton, J.Kravchenko. Health Disturbance Tendencies in Chernobyl  Clean-up Workers:17 years observation period, 1987-2003). - Scientific Articles of Riga Stradins University. – Riga: Riga Stradins University, 2005, pp. 203 – 210.
• N. Mironova-Ulmane, A.Pavlenko, M.Eglite,  et al.   Chernobyl cean-up workers: 17 years of follow-up in Latvia. - Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Applied Physics, pp. 9-19, Elsvier Science 2005  (ISBN 0 08 04444 696-5). 
• Z.Roja, V.Kalkis, A.Vain. H.kalkis, M.Eglite. Assessment of skeletal muscle fatigue of road maintenance workers based on heart rate monitoring and myotonometry. - Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2006, 1: 20, pp. 1-9.

Research Projects:

• M.Eglite (Head of Project). Investigations of Most Common Occupational Diseases in Latvia. Latvian Council of Science (1996-1998).
• M.Eglite (Head of Project). Adaptation of European Hygienic Standards for Working Places for Latvia. Latvian Council of Science (1996-1998).
• M.Eglite (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). Epidemiological Surveys of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Different European Countries: PECO Action. (Project Partners: Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia; Co-ordinator - Prof. C. Giuntini, University of Pisa, Italy). PECO Action, European Community (1994 - 1996).
• M.Eglite (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). Epidemiological Study of the Latvian Chernobyl Clean-up Workers Cohort. (In co-operation with the Department of Public Health of Besancon University, France; Co-ordinator - Prof. J. F. Viel). French Ministry of Environment (1994 - 1997).
• M.Eglite (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). TEMPUS - PHARE Structural Joint European Project "Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health" (Project Partners: Sweden, U.K., Finland, Denmark). Tempus Phare, European Community (1996 - 1999).
• M.Eglite (Head of Project). Investigation of Risk Factors in Wood Processing Industry. Latvian Council of Science (2001).
• M.Eglite (Head of Project). Investigation of Ocupational Diseases and Accidents in Forestry and Woodworking Industry and Elaboration of Preventive Measures. Latvian Council of Science (2004 - 2007).
• M.Eglite (One of Project Coordinators). Occupational Health and Safety System. Phare Transition Facility project 245-03-01 (2004 -2006)

 

Unofficial:

Enthusiastic and competitive in all situations of life.
Particular interests:

• Flowers
• Gardening
• Tourism
• Mountaineering

Last update 20.02.2007