Climate Change and Health: Moving Local Research into International Policy
with Dr. Sherilee Harper, MSc, PhD
Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 12:00 - 12:50 pm
Meet the U of A's Spring 2019 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) | The Quad
Sherilee L. Harper is a Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta.  Her research investigates associations between weather, environment, and public health in the context of climate change, and she collaborates with partners to prioritise climate-related health actions, planning, interventions, and research. She is a Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC); Lead Author on the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6-WG2); serves on the Gender Task Group for the IPCC; and serves on the Editorial Board of Epidemiology and Infection.