Children’s Health and the Environment
Content for this module was made possible thanks to a Knowledge Translation Synthesis grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Université du Québec à Montréal, Faculty of Sciences, under the direction of Dr. Donna Mergler, Principal Investigator, was the lead institution that administered this grant.
Principal Investigator
Donna Mergler, PhD
Professor Emerita,
Department of Biological Sciences
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Health and Wellbeing, Society and Environment, Université du Québec à Montréal
Co-Investigators/Knowledge Users
Irena Buka, MBChB, DCH, FRCPC
Paediatrician and Director,
Children’s Environmental Health Clinic (ChEHC)
Clinical Professor,
Paediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Daniel Krewski, MHA, MSc, PhD
Professor,
Epidemiology & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa,
Director,
R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa
Principal Knowledge User
Louise Hanvey, RN, MHA
Research Director,
The Health of Canada’s Children and Youth: A CICH Profile, Canadian Institute of Child Health
Co-Investigators
Alison Holloway, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University
Bruce Lanphear, MPH, MD
Professor,
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Clinician Scientist,
Child & Family Research Institute, BC Children’s Hospital
J. David Miller, PhD, MSc
Professor,
Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Carleton University
NSERC Industrial Research Chair,
Fungal Toxins & Allergens
Dr. Gina Muckle
Full Professor,
School of Psychology, Laval University
Collaborators
Alan Abelsohn, MBChB, CCFP, FCFP
Family Physician
Assistant Professor,
Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Rachel Bard, RN, MAEd
Chief Executive Officer,
Canadian Nurses Association
Jan Kasperski, RN, MHSc, CHE
Chief Executive Officer,
Ontario College of Family Physicians
Associate Professor,
Clinical Education, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Margaret Sanborn, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Family Physician
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Family Medicine, McMaster University
Chair,
Environmental Health Committee, Ontario College of Family Physicians