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.
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!
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.
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).
HEAL hosted an interdisciplinary symposium on climate change and health with trainee presentations and networking
Dr. Melissa McHale is an urban ecologist whose internationally recognized work mobilizes urban theory and practical science for decision-making in cities.
Katherine is a third-year PhD student in the School of Population and Public Health exploring heat exposure and social isolation in older adults.
