Emile Tompa

RAACWI Initiative Academic Lead

Dr. Tompa's research agenda over the last five years has been focused on the consequences of disability compensation system design features and other labour market policies and programs for the health of individuals and populations. His research program also includes the study of labour market experiences and their health and human development consequences, with a particular focus on precarious employment. Dr. Tompa's third area of research is on workplace interventions directed at improving the health and well-being of workers, specifically the economic evaluation of such interventions.

Related Research

Journal and book publications

Tompa E, de Oliveira C, Dolinschi R, Irvin E. 2008. A Systematic Review of Disability Management Interventions with Economic Evaluations. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 18.1:16-26.

Breslin FC, Tompa E, Zhao R, Amick BC, Pole JD, Smith P, Hogg-Johnson S. 2008. The Relationship between Job Tenure and Work Disability Absences among Adults: A Prospective Study. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 40.1:368-375.

Breslin FC, Pole JD, Tompa E, Amick BC, Smith P, Hogg-Johnson S. 2007. Antecedents of Work Disability Absence among Young People: A Prospective Study. Annals of Epidemiology, 17.10:814-820.

Breslin, FC, Tompa, E, Zhao, R, Amick BC, Pole, JD, Smith, P, Hogg Johnson, S. 2007. Work Disability Absences among Young Workers with Respect to Earnings Losses in the Following Year. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 33.3:192-197.

Breslin FC, Day D, Tompa E, Irvin E, Bhattacharyya S, Clarke J, Wang A, Koehoorn M. 2007. Non-agricultural Work Injuries Among Youth: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32.2:151-162. Also Institute for Work & Health Report.

Breslin FC, Tompa E, Mustard CA, Zhao R, Hogg-Johnson S, Smith P. 2007. Association Between the Decline in Workers' Compensation Claims and Workforce Composition and Job Characteristics in Ontario, Canada. American Journal of Public Health, 97.3:453-455. Also Institute for Work & Health Working Paper 313.

Alamgir H, Tompa E, Demers P, Koehoorn M, Ostry A. 2007. Accuracy of Injury Coding in a Canadian Workers' Compensation System. The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety-Australia and New Zealand, 23.4:349-355.

Alamgir H, Demers P, Koehoorn M, Ostry A, Tompa E. 2007. Epidemiology of Work-related Injury Requiring Hospitalization Among Sawmill-workers in British Columbia: 1989-1997. European Journal of Epidemiology, 22.4:273-280.

Alamgir H, Tompa E, Ostry A, Koehoorn M, Demers P. 2007. Costs and Compensation of Work-related Injuries in British Columbia Sawmills. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 64.3:196-201.

Alamgir H, Tompa E, Koehoorn M, Ostry A, Demers P. 2007. The Hospital Cost of Treating Work-related Sawmill Injuries in British Columbia. Injury, 38.5:631-639.

Tompa E, Trevithick S, McLeod C. 2007. A Systematic Review of the Prevention Incentives of Insurance and Regulatory Mechanism for Occupational Health and Safety. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 33.2:85-95. Also Institute for Work & Health Working Paper 213.

Alamgir H, Koehoorn M, Ostry AS, Tompa E, Demers P. 2006. How Many Work-Related Injuries Requiring Hospitalization in British Columbia are Claimed for Workers' Compensation? American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 49.6:443-451.

Alamgir H, Koehoorn M, Ostry A, Tompa E, Demers P. 2006. An Evaluation of Hospital Discharge Records as a Tool for Serious Work-related Injury Surveillance. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63.4:290-296.

Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, Trevithick S, Bhattacharyya S. 2006. Precarious Employment and People with Disabilities. Chapter in: Precarious Employment in the Canadian Labour Market. Vosko LF (ed.). Montreal: McGill University Press, pp. 90-114. Also Institute for Work & Health Working Paper 240.

Polanyi M, Tompa E. 2004. Rethinking Work Health Models in the New Global Economy: A Qualitative Analysis of Emerging Dimensions of Work. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 23.1:3-18. Also Institute for Work & Health Working Paper 191.

Articles submitted

Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, Fang M, Mustard C. Comparative Benefits Adequacy and Equity of Three Canadian Workers' Compensation Programs for Long-Term Disability. Submitted to Canadian Public Policy. Also Institute for Work & Health Working Paper 350.

Smith P, Mustard C, Chen C, Tompa E, Hogg-Johnson S. Comparing the Factors Associated with Lost-time Versus No-lost-time Claims in Ontario Between 1991 and 2006. Submitted to Injury Prevention.

Smith P, Chen C, Hogg-Johnson S, Mustard C, Tompa E. Trends in the health care associated with no-lost-time claims in Ontario: 1991 to 2006. Submitted to Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Moore I, Tompa E. Understanding Changes Over Time in Workers' Compensation Claim Rates Using Time Series Analytic Techniques. Submitted to Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, Fang M. Does Permanent Impairment from Workplace Accident Increase the Risk of Marital Breakup? Submitted to Social Indicators Research.

Scott-Marshall H, Fang M, Morassaei S, Tompa E. Marital formation in individuals with permanent work-related impairment. Submitted to Disability & Society.

Selected Working Papers and Reports (not listed elsewhere)

Tompa E, Mustard C, Koehoorn M, Scott-Marshall H, Fang M, Chen C. 2010. WorkSafeBC Study Report 1: The Impact of Bill 49 on Benefits Adequacy and Equity. Submitted to WorkSafeBC (July 2010).

Tompa E, Mustard C, Sinclair S, Trevithick S, Vidmar M. Post Accident Earnings and Benefits Adequacy and Equity of Ontario Workers Sustaining Permanent Impairments from Workplace Accidents. Institute for Work & Health Working Papers 210, 210A, 210B.

Tompa E, Etches J, Mustard C, Trevithick S. The Challenges of Operationalizing a Theory of Disablement in the Context of Secondary Data Sources. Institute for Work & Health Working Paper 160.

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, Fang M, Mustard M. Work Disability Trajectories after Permanent Impairment: Evidence from Three Canadian Long-Term Disability Compensation Programs, Work Disability Prevention Initiative Conference, Angers, France, August 2010.

Tompa E, de Oliveira C, Dolinschi R, Irvin E. A Systematic Review of Disability Management Interventions with Economic Evaluations, Work Disability Prevention Initiative Conference, Angers, France, August 2010.

Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, Fang M, Mustard C. Work Disability Trajectories after Permanent Impairment from a Work Accident, 9th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy, Athens, Greece, June 2010.

Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, Fang M, Mustard C. Comparative Benefits Adequacy and Equity of Three Canadian Workers' Compensation Programs for Long-Term Disability, Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health: Worker Health in a Changing World of Work Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2010.

Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, de Oliveira C, Fang M. Does Permanent Impairment from a Workplace Injury Increase the Risk of Marital Break-up? American Psychological Association Work, Stress, and Health 2009: Global Concerns and Approaches, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2009.

Tompa E, Fang M, Mustard C, Chen C, Sinclair S, Koehoorn M. A Study of Benefits Adequacy in British Columbia: Impact of a Major Legislative Change for Claimants with Permanent Impairment. Workers' Compensation Research Group Semi-Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts, United States, November 2008.

Tompa E, de Oliveira C, Dolinschi R, Irvin E. 2008. A Systematic Review of Disability Management Interventions with Economic Evaluations. International Forum on Disability Management, Berlin, Germany, September 2008.

Mantis S, Tompa E, Endicott M, Vinneau P, Puccini S. Challenges Consultation Session on Developing a Community-University Research Alliance. Community-Campus Partnership for Health 10th Anniversary Conference: Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change, Toronto, Canada, April 2007.

Tompa E, Mustard C, Sinclair S. Workers' Compensation Benefits Adequacy, Equity and Benefits Costs: Evidence from Canada on Two Approaches to Compensation for Permanent Impairment. NORA Symposium 2006: Research Makes a Difference. Washington DC, United States, April 2006.

Tompa E, Mustard C, Sinclair S, Trevithick S, Vidmar M. Post Accident Earnings and Benefits Adequacy and Equity of Ontario Workers Sustaining Permanent Impairments from Workplace Accidents. Work Congress 6, Rome, Italy, December 2004.

Tompa E, Mustard C, Sinclair S, Trevithick S, Vidmar M. Post-accident Earnings and Benefits Adequacy and Equity of Ontario Workers Sustaining a Permanent Impairment from Workplace Accidents. Annual Meeting of the Workers' Compensation Research Group. Phoenix, Arizona, United States, March 2004.

Tompa E, Etches J, Mustard C, Trevithick S. The Challenges of Operationalizing Disability Theory in the Context of Secondary Data Sources. 8th North American Collaborating Centre Conference on ICF. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2002.

Tompa E, Etches J, Mustard C, Trevithick S. The Challenges of Operationalizing Disability Theory in the Context of Secondary Data Sources. Poster Presentation. International Congress of Epidemiology. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2001.

Invited Presentations

Mustard C, Tompa E. The impact of Bill 49 on benefits adequacy and equity. Presentation given to WorkSafeBC Senior Policy Makers, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 2010.

Tompa, E, Scott-Marshall H, Fang M, de Oliveira C. Does Permanent Impairment from a Workplace Accident Increase the Risk of Marital Break-up? 2009 Symposium on the Consequences of Work Injury, Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2009.

Tompa E. Plenary Presentation: Disability Management and the Business Cycle. Face-to-Face Disability Management, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2009.

Tompa E, de Oliveira C, Scott-Marshall H, and Fang M. Does Permanent Impairment from a Workplace Accident Increase the Risk of Marital Break-up? Ontario Network of Injured Workers? Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2008.

Tompa E, Mantis S, Endicott M, Vinneau P. Challenges in Developing a Community-University Research Alliance. Opening plenary session at the Ontario Network of Injured Workers? Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2008.

Tompa E, Mantis S, Endicott M, Vinneau P. Challenges in Developing a Community-University Research Alliance. Closing plenary session at the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health Bi-Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2008.

Tompa E, Mustard C, Sinclair S, Trevithick S, Vidmar M. Post-accident Earnings and Benefits Adequacy and Equity of Ontario Workers Sustaining a Permanent Impairment from Workplace Accidents. Presentation to the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 2004.

Tompa E, Mustard C, Sinclair S, Trevithick S, Vidmar M. Post-Accident Earnings and Benefits Adequacy and Equity of Ontario Workers Sustaining a Permanent Impairment from Workplace Accidents. Research Consultation with the Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2003.

Related Grants

Hogg-Johnson S (Principal Investigator), Tolusso D (Co-Principal Investigators), Steenstra I, Franche RL, Bultmann U, Tompa E, Amick III BC (Co-Investigators). Comparison of the 1993 Early Claimant Cohort and the 2005 Readiness for Return to Work Cohort. Workplace Safety & Insurance Board of Ontario Research Advisory Council (WSIB RAC). Sept. 2010 - Aug. 2012.

Amick BC (Principal Investigator), Hogg-Johnson S, Smith PM, Mustard CA, Tompa E, Robson L (Co-Investigators). Benchmarking Leading Organizational Indicators for the Prevention and Management of Injuries and Illnesses. Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council. 2010-2013.

Tompa E (Principal Investigator), Hogg-Johnson S, Amick BC, Scott-Marshall H (Co-Investigators). Work Disability Trajectories and Claim Duration in Ontario Under Three Workers' Compensation Legislations. Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council. 2009-2011.

Loisel P (Principal Investigator), Anema JR, Baril R, Breslin C, Bultmann U, Cassidy JD, Cooper JE, Corbiegrave;re M, Cocircteacute; P, Coutu MF, Dewa C, Dionne C, Durand MJ, Feuerstein M, Franche RL, Gagnon D, Guzman J, Hogg-Johnson S, Koehoorn M, Krause N, Lambert C, Lippel K, MacEachen E, Mairiaux P, Pransky G, Ranville P, Shaw W, Tompa E, Veacutezina N, Scardamalia M (Co-Investigators). Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Strategic Training Program in Work Disability Prevention. 2009-2015.

Hogg-Johnson S (Principal Investigator), Tompa E, Amick BC (Co-Investigators). The Problem of Claims Persistency - What is Driving Increases in Persistent and Locked-in Claims. Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council. 2008-2010.

Guzman J (Principal Investigator), Alamgir H, Tompa E, Koehoorn M, Dhalla M (Co-Investigators). Documenting the Economic and Quality of Life Consequences of Work Injuries for Healthcare Workers in BC. WorkSafeBC Research Secretariat. 2008-2011.

Mustard CA (Principal Investigator), Tompa E, Smith P, Koehoorn M, McLeod C (Co-Investigators). Examining Trends in the Incidence and Cost of Workers' Compensation Claims in the Ontario and British Columbia Long Term Care Sectors 1998-2007. WorkSafeBC Research Secretariat. 2008-2011.

He H (Principal Investigator), Boddener S, Boyle E, Cassidy D, Hall M, Hogg-Johnson S, Mahomed N, Schofield M, Tompa E (Co-investigators). Economic Perspectives on Workplace in a Return to Work Program. Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council. 2006-2008.

Tompa E (Principal Investigator), Mustard C, Koehoorn M (Co-investigators). Adequacy and Equity of Workers' Compensation Benefits. WorkSafeBC Research Secretariat. 2006-2009.

Tompa E (Principal Investigator), Ballantyne P, Buonastella O, DeWolff A, Duran C, Eakin J, Endicott M, Forest J, Franche RL, Gildiner A, Guzman J, Keglevic M, Kirsh B, Lalli A, Lippel K, MacEachen E, Mantis S, McKinnon J, O'Regan R, O'Reilly P, Pacini S, Piner L, Sinclair S, Stone SD, Storey R, Ublansky D, Tucker E, Vinneau P (Co-investigators and Collaborators). Community-University Research Alliance on Workers' Compensation and the Consequences of Work Injury. Social Science and Humanities Research Council. 2006-2012.

Tompa E (Principal Investigator), Mustard C, Sinclair S (Co-investigators). Post-accident Earning and Benefits Adequacy and Equity. R01 grant from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 2004-2007.

Breslin FC (Principal Investigator), Amick BC, Hogg-Johnson S, Tompa E, Smith P (Co-investigators). Work Injury and Young People: A Prospective Survey. R03 grant from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 2004-2006.

Hurley J (Principal Investigator), Tompa E, Gnam W, Lavis J, Culyer A, Mustard C (Co-Investigators). The Dynamics of Parallel Systems of Finance: Interactions Between Canada's Workers' Compensation Systems and Public Health Care Systems. Submitted November 2004 to Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Operating Grant.

Wells R (Principal Investigator), McGill S, Frazer M, Green H, Theberge N, Ranney D, Medley J, MacGregor C, Cole D, Keir P, Moore A, Callaghan J, Haines T, Mickey K, Naqvi S, Potvin J, Kramer D, Tompa E (Co-investigators). Action Centre for the Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Research Advisory Council, Centres of Research Expertise Initiative, 2003-2008.

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