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Research conducted by members of our group has far-reaching impacts and draws on the skills and expertise of our diverse membership. Our team includes sociologists, toxicologists, physicians, biostatisticians, exposure scientists, epidemiologists, political scientists, demographers, evolutionary and conservation biologists, and risk assessment specialists.
The Planetary Health Research Group’s Managing Team:
Chris Buse
Co-Lead
Dr. Buse’s research interests include: environmental health; planetary health; health impacts of climate change; ecosystem approaches to health (Ecohealth); ecological determinants of health; health equity; health impact assessment; cumulative impacts of resource extraction; mixed-methods research; public health policy; knowledge synthesis.
Contact: cbuse@sfu.ca
Maya Gislason
Co-Lead
Dr. Gislason’s research interests include: social inequities in health, eco-social health, planetary health, ecosystem approaches to health, climate change, intergenerational climate equity, cumulative impacts of intensive resource extraction, Indigenous health and wellness, community participation, Patient-Oriented Research, critical pedagogy, public health, equity informed mixed methods evidence building, interplay between human, animal and ecosystem health, governance, structural and epistemic justice. Dr. Gislason also heads the Research for Ecosocial and Equitable Transformation Lab at SFU (RESET).
Contact: maya_gislason@sfu.ca
Kira Johnson
Research Assistant
Ms. Johnson’s research interests include: planetary health, multisolving, complexity theory, sustainable food systems, sustainable housing, climate change adaptation, conservation biology, biodiversity loss, ecological determinants of health, and interspecies justice
Contact: kira_johnson_2@sfu.ca
Our community also includes:
FACULTY
Ryan Allen
Environmental health, air pollution, exposure assessment & analysis, epidemiology
Paola Ardiles Gamboa
Community-engaged education and research; mental health promotion; social innovation and entrepreneurship; experiential learning and teaching; health promoting universities; organizational development; justice, equity and inclusion
Kaylee Byers
One Health; wildlife health; human-animal relationships; human dimension; health communications; knowledge mobilization
Kiffer Card
The social determinants of infectious disease, the health effects of loneliness, social isolation, and social disconnection, climate related ecological distress
Stephanie Cleland
Environmental health, climate change, environmental epidemiology, exposure assessment, health impact assessment, climate change-related environmental exposures (wildfire smoke, extreme heat), health equity, GIS
Dawn Hoogeveen
Resource extraction and health, environmental health/policy, health impact assessment, health and wellness indicator development, climate change and health, planetary health, social and environmental justice, community-based research, addressing racism in health care, Indigenous public health, resource management and control
Robert Hogg
HIV/AIDS, antiretroviral therapy, marginalized populations, population health
Bruce Lanphear
Early childhood health, environmental neurotoxins, lead poisoning, epidemiology of asthma
Lawrence McCandless
Biostatistics, epidemiology and environmental health
Pablo Nepomnaschy
Human biology, anthropology, human ecology & health, stress & reproductive health
Anne-Marie Nicol
Health communication; toxicology; social marketing; risk perception; risk assessment
John O’Neil
Global health, Indigenous health, health systems and policy, Implementation science
Lyana Patrick
Indigenous health and justice (criminal justice contexts, addictions and mental health), urban Indigenous community planning, Indigenous community health and well-being, institutional change through decolonizing education
Sarah Robinson
One Health; wildlife health; wildlife disease surveillance; epidemiology; human-animal interface; veterinary public health; health communications
Hasina Samji
Epidemiology, biostatistics, infectious diseases, implementation science methods, marginalized populations, health services provision, global health, health innovation
Malcolm Steinberg
Occupational health, epidemiology, program management, HIV/AIDS, public health consulting
Kate Tairyan
Preventive medicine, global health, computer-assisted technology, and knowledge translation
Tim Takaro
Occupational & environmental health, toxicology, asthma, community-based interventions, health impacts of climate change, and planetary health
Scott Venners
Epidemiology, Indigenous health, environmental health
Meghan Winters
Epidemiology, GIS applications, built environment & health, transportation & city design
STUDENT RESEARCHERS
Simi Badyal
Climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and management, community resilience, health impacts of climate change, health systems and policy
Sarah Chae
Planetary health education, health equity, health care accessibility, and telehealth
Erica Dong
Global health, planetary health, infectious disease ecology, HIV/AIDS
Lara Hollmann
Pandemics, gender, health equity, global health governance, health policy, feminism, One Health
Angel Kennedy
Eco-social health equity; ecological determinants of health; youth's and children's mental health; intergenerational climate justice
Maëve Leduc
Indigenous health, decolonizing planetary health, holistic health equity, land-based health and wellness, health impacts of resource extraction and industrial development, and territorial sovereignty as a pathway for community health and well-being
Kiera Tsakonas
Ecosocial approaches to health, climate change, community resilience, disaster risk reduction
Judy Wu
climate change, mental health, youth, adolescents, eco-anxiety, climate anxiety, and climate concern
Christine Yanagawa
Equity-oriented One Health, interspecies and more-than-human reciprocal care and well-being, human-animal interaction, zoonotic diseases, GIS, mixed methods, mobility justice, Social and Ecological Determinants of Health, disaster risk reduction, and climate change
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