The University of Alberta has launched a new research hub to investigate, explain and help mitigate the impact of climate change on human health.
The interdisciplinary Climate Change and Health Hub is the first of its kind in Canada, pulling together more than 30 researchers from across faculties in the health sciences, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
"When people think about climate change, they think of it as an environmental issue but not always as a health issue," says the new network's leader, Sherilee Harper, professor in the U of A's School of Public Health and Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health.
