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Research Interests how environmental exposures, for example urban green and blue spaces, can influence human health with a recent focus on childhood health and development. The policy goal is to contribute to evidence-based development of healthier cities in a changing climate, with sustainable solutions for the health of humans and natural environments. regulating urban ecosystem services, such as heat reduction and consequential reduction in heat related morbidity and mortality, as well as cultural services from urban nature, involving for example increased physical activity and stress recovery in relation to preventing several non-communicable diseases

Research Interests Cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, early universe, inflation, structure formation.

Research Interests environmental analytics

Research Interests Agri-food markets, agri-environmental contracts, agri-risk and insurance, commodity futures markets, carbon markets

Research Interests Social and cultural history of the body, gender relations, social history of women and health, health education, promotion and policy, Social and cultural history of sport and physical activity, gender, race, aging and disability, modern olympics

Research Interests Pressing ocean concerns; conservation action to improve the status of marine species and habitats; biological and social research, empowering local communities, establishing marine protected areas, managing small-scale fisheries, restructuring international trade, promoting integrated policy, and advancing environmental understanding

Research Interests Animal welfare; care and housing for dairy cows and calves; farm animal care; animal behavior, housing and management and how these contribute to animal health and welfare of dairy cattle.

Research Interests urban wildlife; identifying humane deterrents systems and reducing coyote conflicts for urban coyotes; UBC Farm Biodiversity Monitoring project assessing the diversity of vertebrates through the use of remote trail cameras