Sherilee Harper

Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health and Professor at the University of Alberta

Sherilee Harper is a Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Health and Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta.  Her research investigates associations between weather, environment, and public health in the context of climate change, and she collaborates with partners across sectors to prioritise climate-related health actions, planning, interventions, and research. She was a Lead Author on two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports; served on the Gender Task Group for the IPCC; and was a Lead Author on Health Canada's Climate Change and Health Assessment. She currently serves as an IPCC Vice Chair (WG1).

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