Researcher Directory
A Database of First Nations Environmental Health Researchers and Research Papers
| Name | Location | Research Area(s) | Expertise | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Alan | SK | Housing | Sociology, demography, Indigenous policy analysis, environmental issues, research ethics | Professor Emeritus of Sociology; Research Fellow in Ethnic and Indigenous Studies, Dept. of Political Studies; Research Associate, Community-University Institute for Social Research; Associate Member, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. Honorary Associate Member, National Aboriginal Housing Assoc. Member of a variety of international, Canadian, provincial and local environmental, conservation and wildlife associations. |
| Atikesse, Laura | QC | Food | I have a PhD in biology. The subject of my thesis was the food consumption profile and the effects of an environmental exposure of low-levels of contaminant in the Innu of Sheshatshiu. | Environmental Health Officer for the Public Health Department, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Québec |
| Bend, Jack | ON | Food | Mechanisms of toxicity of endogenous (bilirubin) and exogenous (methylmercury; polycyclic hydrocarbons; dioxins; persistent organic pollutants) chemicals, Oxidative stress, disulphide proteome, mitochondrial damage, antioxidants of synthetic and natural (e.g. herbal) origin | Distinguished University Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Western Ontario |
| Berti, Peter | ON | Food | Nutritional assessment, Risk analysis and management, | Deputy Director, Nutrition Advisor, HealthBridge Canada |
| Bottorf, Joan | BC | Indoor Air Quality | Tobacco Reduction, Cancer Screening, Risk Reduction Related to Hereditary Breast Cancer, Health Promotion | Professor, Faculty of Health & Social Development, and Director, Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus |
| Boucher de Grosbois, Sylvie | QC | Food | Mercury | Institute of Environmental Sciences, Universit |
| Brassard, Paul | QC | Housing | Infectious diseases control, tuberculosis, Aboriginal health, surveillance data, epidemiologic investigations, molecular epidemiology, cancer. | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Associate Member, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University, Clinician Researcher, McGill University Health Centre |
| Cowan (nee Binns), Shannon | BC | Food | Aboriginal Health, Agroecology, Natural Health Products, Traditional Ecological Knowledge | Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Applied Biology Program. |
| Dennis, John | AB | Food | Risk Assessment, Risk Communication, POP concentrations in biological and non-biological media, First Nations Traditional Environmental Knowledge | Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, President, SolAero Ltd |
| Dewailly, Eric | QC | Food | Community Health , Environmental Health, Population Health, Public Health, Nutrients and Metabolism, Toxicology | Head, CHUQ Public Health Research Unit Professor, Environmental Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University Scientific director of the WHO Collaborative Center in Environmental health |
| Dunn, James | ON | Housing | Geography of early child development, Health inequalities, Housing and health, Housing and mental illness, Neighbourhoods and health, Socio-economic determinants of health | CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health. Associate Professor, Department of Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University. Research Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto |
| Easton, Michael | BC | Food Water |
Ecotoxicology; Effects of chemical stressors: heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PCBs, PBDEs, others. Genetic ecotoxicology; DNA damage in animal populations:Measurement and assessment. Environmental health; Contaminant assessment of traditional food chains, impacts associated with landfill, sewage treatment, industrial composting and other point source industrial contamination. | |
| Furgal, Christopher | ON | Food | Environmental health risk assessment, Management and communication, with specific expertise in Aboriginal and Arctic populations | Associate Professor, Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University |
| Hanning, Rhona | ON | Food | Nutrition, Dietary Assessment, Childhood obesity, School-based intervention, Food security | Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems (name effective Sept 1, 2011), Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Waterloo University |
| Irvine, James | SK | Food | Public health and preventive medicine, Aboriginal and northern health, Environmental health, Health promotion | Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Associate Member Dept of Community Health & Epidemiology College of Medicine and School of Public Health University of Saskatchewan. Medical Health Officer for Athabasca, Keewatin Yatthé and Mamawetan Churchill River Health Authorities, Northern Saskatchewan |
| Johns, Timothy | QC | Food | Environmental Health, Biodiversity, Ethnobotany, Nutrient, phytochemical and biological activities of plants, Population Health, Traditional use of Plants for Food and Medicine | Professor, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, McGill University |
| King, Malcolm | AB | Indoor Air Quality | Respiratory Health, | Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Department of Medicine, University of Alberta |
| Kuhnlein, Harriet | QC | Food | Food use and consumption, Nutrition, Nutritional Health Status of Indigenous People, Traditional food sources of Indigenous Peoples, Nutrient composition and composition databases of foods used by Indigenous Peoples. | Emerita Professor of Human Nutrition, McGill University. Founding Director, Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Nutrition and Environment (CINE), School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University |
| Long, Richard | AB | Housing Indoor Air Quality |
Tuberculosis in Aboriginal Peoples and the Foreign-born; public health | Professor: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Adjunct Professor: Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health. Member: Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Consultant, Tuberculosis: Provincial TB Clinic, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton. Consultant, Tuberculosis: Edmonton TB Clinic, Edmonton Zone, Alberta. Consultant, Tuberculosis: First Nations and Inuit Health, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Regions; First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada. Director: Tuberculosis Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. |
| Lumb, Ashok | ON | Water | Organo-Analytical Chemistry, Impact of Toxic Chemicals, Ecological Modeling, Water Quality Assessment, Reviewer for various international environmental journals, Associate Editor of the Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health. | Network Science Advisor, Landscape Science & Technology Division, Science & Technology Branch Environment Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters |
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