- Location
- Webinars will be held via Zoom, details will be sent to all registered participants via EventBrite.
- Series/Type
- DLSPH Event
- Dates
- October 29, 2021 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Links
Title: Health effects of natural gas operations in Northeast British Columbia
Élyse’s research is focused on the development of transdisciplinary community-based research projects to assess the impacts of anthropogenic pressures on health by combining information from multiple levels of biological organization. As part of her talk, Elyse will present her research regarding the gestational exposure to contaminants associated with oil and gas extraction and birth outcomes in Northeastern British Columbia.
Presenter: Élyse Caron-Beaudoin
Élyse Caron-Beaudoin is an Assistant Professor in environmental health at the Department of Health and Society, and holds a graduate appointment at the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences (University of Toronto Scarborough). Elyse has received her BSc and MSc degrees in Biology, with specialization in environmental health and toxicology, from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Élyse holds a PhD in biology with a specialization in toxicology from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique – Armand-Frappier Institute in Laval, Quebec. From 2018 to 2020, she completed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at the Université de Montreal. Her research in the broader area of environmental toxicology and public health has a profoundly interdisciplinary nature.