PICS Lecture: Extreme temperatures and health risks in Lower Mainland – Jan 22

PICS/SFU lecture series

Mapping extreme temperatures and their health risks in the Lower Mainland

January 22

5:30 to 7:30 pm

Room 1400 – Harbour Centre, SFU Vancouver, 515 West Hastings Street.

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Join Sarah Henderson (UBC) and Anders Knudby (SFU) as they discuss and share their research findings on mapping extreme heat events and their risks on human health in the Lower Mainland.

Speakers

Anders Knudby is Assistant Professor in Environmental Remote Sensing at Simon Fraser University, where one of his research foci is the relationship between summer temperatures, the built environment, population structure and health outcomes.

Sarah Henderson is the senior environmental health scientist at the BC Centre for Disease Control and Assistant Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.

Moderator

Tim Takaro is a physician scientist and Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University.