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Jill Baumgartner, Inaugural Director

Prof Baumgartner is a Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health and Equity, Ethics and Policy at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ. Her research investigates the links between the climate change, environment, and health, with specific interest in solid fuel air pollution and environmental policy evaluation. Through interdisciplinary and global collaborations, her group has conducted environmental monitoring and epidemiological studies throughout the world. Her research has been covered by major media outlets including the New York Times, NPR, CBC, and The Guardian, and has served on multiple advisory committees for the World Health Organization, Health Effects Institute, and Project Drawdown. ÌýÌý

Jura Augustinavicius, Associate Director

Prof Augustinavicius is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy at the School of Population and Global Health at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ she is a member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and an Associate Director of the Centre on Climate Change and Health. She regularly provides technical support to governments, NGOs, and UN agencies on mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian crises and in the context of climate change. Prof. Augustinavicius’ research has a strong program implementation and evaluation focus. She currently leads several research projects that bring together teams with interdisciplinary and intersectoral expertise to co-design interventions with communities most heavily impacted by climate change and other crises.Ìý

Scott Weichenthal, Associate DirectorÌý

Prof WeichenthalÌýis an Associate Professor in theÌýDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational HealthÌýat ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ in Montreal, Canada. His research program is dedicated to identifying and evaluating how environmental pollutants contribute to adverse health outcomes on a population level. To support this objective, Dr. Weichenthal develops new approaches to population-based exposure assessment and examines how spatial/temporal variations in environmental pollutants influence the development of acute and chronic diseases including various outcomes such as cardiovascular morbidity/mortality and cancer. His past studies have examined the health effects of air pollution from biomass burning, traffic (e.g. ultrafine particles), as well as the oxidative potential of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5). His current research is focussed primarily on climate change-related exposures (e.g., heat, wildfires, aeroallergens) and incorporates various machine learning methods into the exposure modelling process.Ìý