JOURNALS EDITED

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. "Endocrine Disruptors and Human Health". Karen Phillips- Guest Editor. This special issue focuses on proposed molecular mechanisms by which endocrine disruptors adversely affect human health. Drawing from experimental, epidemiological and other data, articles explore gene-environment interactions, epigenetics, molecular signalling and receptor-ligand interactions. 

 

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B Critical Reviews, Volume 11 Issue 3 & 4 2008: Endocrine Toxicants and Human Health. Karen Phillips- co-Guest Editor. In this collection, we provide an overview of selected human health issues and the roles of endocrine disrupters in their etiologies.  Human health issues covered in this special issue include Fertility (fertility, endometriosis, male infertility and spontaneous abortion) and Reproductive Cancers (prostate, testicular, breast and ovarian). 

 

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Volume 17, Number 3, 2008: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health. A Special Theme Issue. Karen Phillips- co-Guest Editor. This collection represents the contributions of Canadian researchers working in the area of adolescent sexual health and originally convened for a workshop An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Towards and Empowering Sexual and Reproductive Health Education for Canadian Adolescents.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

KP Phillips.  Perceptions of Environmental Risks to Fertility. 2015. In: Handbook of Fertility, 1st Edition Nutrition, Diet, Lifestyle and Reproductive Health. Ronald Ross Watson. Elsevier-Academic Press. ISBN: 978-0-1280-0872-0

 

CA Amaratunga, KP Phillips, E O’Connor, T O’Sullivan, M Boscoe, L Lemyre and D Krewski.  2010.  Chapter 7: The need for sex and gender-sensitive supports for health care workers during infectious disease outbreaks, pp. 172-187. In:  SARS Unmasked:  Risk Communication of Pandemics and Influenza in Canada. MG Tyshenko, C Paterson. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, Quebec. ISBN: 978-0-7735-3618-0

 

JM Baltz and KP Phillips.1999. Intracellular ion measurements in single eggs and embryos using ion-sensitive fluorophores. In: Advances in Molecular Biology: A Comparative Methods Approach to the Study of Oocytes and Embryos (ed. JD Richter). Oxford University Press, Oxford. p39-82.