The Climate Change Health Effects, Adaptation, and ResiLience (HEAL) cluster aims to understand the compounding health effects of extreme weather events caused by climate change.
Climate Change HEAL
Research Cluster
Latest News
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July 13, 2023Melissa McHale is Acting Academic Director of the UBC Sustainability Hub
Cluster member Dr. Melissa McHale, Associate Professor of Urban Ecology and Sustainability, has been appointed as Acting Academic Director of the UBC Sustainability Hub for the period July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. Congratulations, what a great fit! More information: https://sustain.ubc.ca…
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June 12, 2023Vancouver campus opens first student-designed, 'carbon-minimal' building in Canada
Third Space Commons, located on 6363 Biological Sciences Road in Vancouver, is one of Canada’s first institutional spaces designed to be near-zero embodied carbon. It was designed and constructed by Third Quadrant Design, an interdisciplinary team of UBC students. The team was advised by…
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March 31, 2023Awarded: GCRC Funding Renewal 2023-2024
We are very pleased to announce that the Climate Change HEAL cluster was awarded another year of funding by the Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC). The awards were created jointly by the Offices of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation and the Provost & Vice-President,…
Member Spotlights
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September 11, 2023UBC interdisciplinary research symposium on climate change and health
HEAL hosted an interdisciplinary symposium on climate change and health with trainee presentations and networking
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September 11, 2023Melissa McHale
Dr. Melissa McHale is an urban ecologist whose internationally recognized work mobilizes urban theory and practical science for decision-making in cities.
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September 11, 2023Trainee: Katherine White
Katherine is a third-year PhD student in the School of Population and Public Health exploring heat exposure and social isolation in older adults.
