Principal Investigator

Shelby Yamamoto, PhD

Shelby Yamamoto is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, University of Alberta. The Climate Health and Environment Epidemiology Research – CHEER lab focuses on health aspects related to climate change and air pollution. As an environmental epidemiologist, she is particularly interested in investigating air pollution and climate change exposure, developing and exploring ways to capture climate change and air pollution-related vulnerability, assessing mitigation and adaptive capacity, and promoting community resilience.

Project Staff

Project Coordinator

Sammy Lowe

Research Assistants

Brooke Sidney

Brian Steele

Kaitlyn Menard

Syer Joey

Jasmine Sekhon

Investigators

  • Alvaro Osornio Vargas

    University of Alberta

  • Allyson Jones

    University of Alberta

  • Jordana Salma

    University of Alberta

  • Okan Bulut

    University of Alberta

  • Bill Hanson

    Concordia University of Edmonton

  • Don Voaklander

    University of Alberta

  • Niko Yiannakoulias

    McMaster University

  • Larry Svenson

    Alberta Health

  • Eric Lavigne

    Health Canada

  • Dave Stieb

    Health Canada

  • David Hogan

    University of Calgary

  • Kyle Whitfield

    University of Alberta

Knowledge Users

Heather Sharpe

Merry Turtiak

Jason Randall

Andrew Read

Susan Crawford

Trainees

Nicole Dagata

Lexyn Iliscupidezw, BSc (Biology)

Sarah Phae, MSc (Epidemiology)

Sara Alsunaidi, MSc (Epidemiology)

Camila Astolphi Lima, PostDoc