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Spring 2024

Tiwari, Ishwar

Nepal is ranked as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Certain Nepalese subpopulations, including women and children, are at higher risk than others and may experience climate change impacts disproportionately due to socioeconomic disparities, gender roles, limited mobility...

Spring 2022

Tilstra, McKenzie H

As human actions continue to drive global climate change and increase air pollution, these two closely related environmental phenomena pose a significant threat to public health. Because of Canada’s geographical location, it is warming at twice the rate of the global average, which is expected to...

Fall 2024

Sidney, Brooke T

Climate change and air pollution are two critical threats to human health. Various factors can impact a person's vulnerability to these exposures, including low income and a lack of access to high-quality health care. Immigrants have a higher likelihood of experiencing these factors when compared...

Fall 2020

Cromarty, Taylor

Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection has an elevated prevalence in northern Indigenous communities in Canada. This thesis investigates social inequities in the Hp-associated disease burden within Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories and Yukon. I examined how deprivation indicators...

Fall 2022

Zhao, Tianqi

Adverse birth outcomes, including low birth weight, preterm birth, and small for gestational age are associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality globally. In China, adverse birth outcomes remain challenging public health problems. Prenatal depression and anxiety have been found to...