James Dosman (born 1938) is a Canadian scientist. He is a research chair at the

University of Saskatchewan A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

and the head of Agrivita Canada. Born in

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in 1938,Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame
/ref> Dosman graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Saskatchewan in 1963 and specialized in respiratory medicine at

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.Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture
/ref> He then returned to Saskatchewan, founding the Division of Respiratory Medicine and the Centre for Agricultural Medicine. He was instrumental in the creation of the Canadian Grain Dust Medical Surveillance Program, the Canadian Coalition for Agricultural Safety and Rural Health, the Canadian Agriculture Safety Program, the Agricultural Health and Safety Network, and the National Agricultural Industrial Hygiene Laboratory. In 2006 he was named director of the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, and in 2007 he founded Agrivita Canada to further research in agricultural safety. He is an Officer of the

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, a

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, a

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, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He has been named one of the 2019 inductees to the

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for his work as the "founder of agricultural medicine in Canada".Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dosman, James Living people 1938 births University of Saskatchewan alumni McGill University alumni Scientists from Saskatchewan 20th-century Canadian scientists 21st-century Canadian scientists