Welcome to the Climate, Health, and Environment Epidemiology Research Lab Website!
The Climate, Health, and Environment Epidemiology Research (CHEER) Group is a cross-disciplinary team of faculty, postdoctoral fellow, doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate students at the University of Alberta. Dr. Shelby Yamamoto, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health, leads the research group. Our research focuses on climate change, air pollution, psychosocial health, and their corresponding impacts on vulnerable populations.
“We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.”
- Margaret Mead
Newsletter
Congratulations, Tianqi, for the Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) 2022.
Congratulations, Tianqi, for the Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) 2022.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Read about the extreme heat and homeless population from Global News “Canada’s homeless population among the hardest hit by extreme heat.” Click here
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Read how the climate crisis is threatening the lives and livelihoods of people in different parts of the world from NBC News “Heatwaves overlap as warming climate make extreme temperatures more likely.” Click here