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Our research
Admin lead: Pablo Nepomnaschy
We investigate how individual, social, biological and environmental factors affect human development, health and well-being across the lifespan. Our expertise is diverse -- including human ecology, social determinants of health, child development and mental health, epidemiology, public policy and interventions, environmental toxicology, and epigenetics and physiology of human development.
People
Faculty
- Ryan Allen Environmental health, air pollution, exposure assessment & analysis, epidemiology
- Nicole Catherine Child health equity, children's health policy, child health and development, early prevention of avoidable adversities
- Maya Gislason 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.
- Angela Kaida Global health, epidemiology, HIV & sexual/reproductive health, antiretroviral therapy
- Graeme Koelwyn
- 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
- Nadine Provençal Epigenomics, Biological embedding of early life exposures, Developmental trajectories of health and diseases, Stress hormones regulation of gene expression and Behavioral and psychiatric disorders
- Jeff Reading Environmental health, air pollution, exposure assessment & analysis, epidemiology
- Hasina Samji Epidemiology, biostatistics, infectious diseases, implementation science methods, marginalized populations, health services provision, global health, health innovation
- Kimberly Thomson Children's health policy, child and youth mental health, social-emotional development, life course epidemiology, developmental trajectories, intergenerational mental health, social determinants of health, population and public health, prevention and health promotion, evaluation, longitudinal studies, intergenerational cohort studies
- Meghan Winters Epidemiology, GIS applications, built environment & health, transportation & city design
Our external partners
With thanks to our external colleagues and partner organizations, for their continued support and collaboration.
- The Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation
- The R. and J. Stern Family Foundation
Recent theses
2018–2019 PhD and MSc thesis defences
March 11, 2019, MSc thesis defence: Cecilia Sierra Heredia, Temporal and geographic variation in aeroallergen measurements across four Canadian cities from 2008-2012. Senior Supervisor: T Takaro
October 01, 2018, PhD thesis defence: Prabjit Barn, A randomized air filter intervention study of air pollution and fetal growth in a highly polluted community: The Ulaanbaatar Gestation and Air Pollution Research (UGAAR) Study. Senior Supervisor: R Allen
September 25, 2018, MSc thesis defence: Kate Hosford, Understanding a Public Bicycle Share Program in Vancouver, Canada: Program Uptake and Impacts on Bicycling. Senior Supervisor: M Winters
August 01, 2018, MSc thesis defence: Lief Pagalan, Prenatal Exposures to Air Pollution and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Population-based Cohort Study in Metro Vancouver, BC. Senior Supervisor: B Lanphear
July 12, 2018, MSc thesis defence: Crista Bartolomeu, A Randomized Controlled Trial of Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure and the Development of Allergic Sensitization in the First Year of Life. Senior Supervisor: R Allen
July 11, 2018, MSc thesis defence: Brendan Bernardo, Assessing the Relation Between Plasma PCB Concentrations and Elevated Autistic Behaviours using Bayesian Predictive Odds Ratios. Senior Supervisor: L McCandless
April 11, 2018, PhD thesis defence: Allison Carter, Desires Embraced: A Critical Analysis of Sex, Love and Relationships among Women Living with HIV. Senior Supervisor: A Kaida
2018–2019 MPH capstone presentations
March 12, 2019: Kara Plotnikoff, Clinic Client Perceptions of STI Vaccines: Drivers, Barriers and Preferences. Senior Supervisor: H Samji
February 20, 2019: Ashley Henry, Inflammatory Biomarkers and Socio-behavioural Risk Factors for HIV in Adolescents and Young Adults in South Africa. Senior Supervisor: A Kaida
July 17, 2018: Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews, A Call for Strengths-Based Approaches to Indigenous Public Health. Senior Supervisor: J Reading
June 28, 2018: Kristi Papamihali, Linkage with Liver Care of People Living with Hepatitis C Virus Infection in British Columbia - The BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort, 1990-2015. Senior Supervisor: D Silva
April 10, 2018: Tatiana Pakhomova, Perceived Stress in Adolescents and Youth Adults in Soweto and Durban, South Africa. Senior Supervisor: A Kaida
April 9, 2018, Sara Bhatti: Prevention of Sex Trafficking: A Public Health Perspective. Senior Supervisor: M Gislason
April 9, 2018: Madison Huggins, Animal Assisted Activities: The Effects on Depression and Quality of Life for Elders with Dementia Living in Long Term Care Facilities. Senior Supervisor: M Gislason
April 9, 2018: Rebecca Tucker, Reorienting the Responsibility: Sharing and Translating Knowledge to Decolonize Public Health Practice. Senior Supervisor: M Gislason
April 9, 2018: Adrienne Yeung, Traditional East Asian Medicine in the Lives of Queer East Asian Young Adults in North America: A Critical Analysis of the Gaps in Literature. Senior Supervisor: M Gislason
April 6, 2018: Ama Kyeremeh, Use of AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) Among Women Living with HIV in British Columbia: Exploring Priorities for Improved Access. Senior Supervisor: A Kaida
April 4, 2018: Sadaf Haghdan, Development of Road Safety Indicators in British Columbia, Canada. Senior Supervisor: B Lanphear
April 3, 2018: Erica Kilius, The Importance of Interbirth Intervals: Incorporation of Evolutionary Perspectives into Public Health Maternal-Child Initiatives. Senior Supervisor: P Nepomnaschy
Resources
Grants funded in 2018 and 2019
2018, MITACS Accelerate, “Characterizing use of the Vancouver public bike share system through 2018,” $15,000, PI: M Winters
2018-2019, MITACS Accelerate, “Supporting social inclusion and well-being in greater Vancouver,” $15,000, PI: M Winters
2018-2019, PHAC-Public Health Agency of Canada, “Enhancing recruitment of marginalised populations in research on the built environment and health,” $24,875, PI: M Winters
2018-2019, PHAC-Public Health Agency of Canada, “Developing Common Naming conventions for cycling infrastructure,” $9,969, PI: M Winters
2019-2020, CIHR - IPPC Building Healthy Cities - Dragon's Den, “Smart cities, Healthy citizens? Accelerating the health and equity returns of municipal policy investments,” $100,000, PI: M Winters
2019, MITACS Globalink, “Using longitudinal data to understand gender differences in bicycling over time,” 2019, PI: M Winters
2018, MITACS Accelerate, “Characterizing use of the Vancouver public bike share system through 2018,” $15,000, PI: M Winters
2018-2019, MITACS Accelerate, “Supporting social inclusion and well-being in greater Vancouver,” $15,000, PI: M Winters
2018-2019, PHAC-Public Health Agency of Canada, “Enhancing recruitment of marginalised populations in research on the built environment and health,” $24,875, PI: M Winters
2018-2019, PHAC-Public Health Agency of Canada, “Developing Common Naming conventions for cycling infrastructure,” $9,969, PI: M Winters
2019-2020, CIHR - IPPC Building Healthy Cities - Dragon's Den, “Smart cities, Healthy citizens? Accelerating the health and equity returns of municipal policy investments,” $100,000, PI: M Winters
2019, MITACS Globalink, “Using longitudinal data to understand gender differences in bicycling over time,” 2019, PI: M Winters
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