IHACC Students Attend Climate Change and Health Conference in Cusco, Peru

IHACC students Rosa (left) and Ingrid (right) presented posters at the Lancet Countdown to Climate Change and Health Conference in Cusco, Peru.

IHACC graduate students Ingrid Rojas (PhD student, University of Leeds) and Rosa Silvera (MSc student, Cayetano Heredia University) recently participated in the Lancet Countdown Climate Change and Health Conference in Cusco, Peru. Hosted by Cayetano Heredia University and Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, this event also served as the Peruvian launch of the 2019 Report of the Lancet Countdown.

At the conference, Ingrid and Rosa had the opportunity to learn about local climate-health challenges as well as ways in which climate change researchers can take action to improve health and wellbeing both in Peru and beyond. Importantly, the conference emphasized the need to prioritize local knowledge when assessing climate change impacts, and served as a space for dialogue on these important issues. 

More information on the conference and other Lancet Countdown news and events can be found here

Julia Wins Poster Prize at Canadian Conference on Global Health!

Julia Bryson won first place for her poster at the Canadian Conference on Global Health! This poster highlighted Julia’s work with the IHACC team as it relates to climate change, nutrition, and maternal health in Uganda.

Congratulations Julia!

See the winning poster here!

Welcome to our 2019 summer students!

This year we have three summer students joining our team from Canada, Peru, and the UK! Over the course of the summer, each student will work on a project assessing the impacts of environmental change on health.

Etienne de Jongh is an Undergraduate Research Initiative (URI) student joining us from the University of Alberta; Andrea Valdivia Gago joins us from Cayetano Heredia University; and Alexandra Nunns joins from the University of Leeds through the University of Alberta Research Experience (UARE) Program.

Read the students’ bios on the Climate Change and Global Health Research Group website!

Alexandra Arrives for University of Alberta Exchange!

Alexandra is an undergraduate student in the sustainability and environmental management program at the University of Leeds. Alexandra will be visiting Edmonton this summer through the University of Alberta Research Experience Program. She will complete a summer project under supervision of the team at UofA and Leeds.

We wish Alexandra all the best during her time in Edmonton!

Tiana Arrives in Lima, Peru!

Tiana Bressan is an undergraduate student in the biomedical engineering program at the University of Guelph, and a 2018 President’s Scholar. Tiana’s scholarship is supporting her travel to Lima, where she is working with the Peruvian IHACC Team at Cayetano Heredia University. Tiana is co-supervised by Carol Zavaleta and Sherilee Harper.

We wish Tiana all the best this summer in Peru!