Associations between Living Near Water and Risk of Mortality among Urban Canadians.
Crouse DL, Balram A, Hystad P, Pinault L, van den Bosch M, Chen H, Rainham D, Thomson EM, Close CH, van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Ménard R, Robichaud A, Villeneuve PJ.
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The Canadian Institutes for Health Research has announced a new Operating Grant Competition for data analysis using existing databases and cohorts. We are especially proud to be the focus of two grants available under the Environments and Health Signature Initiatives portion of this competition.
CANUE data have the potential to be linked to a wide range of health data holdings at the 6-digit postal code level.
The CANUE team hosted an informational webinar on August 17th to answer any questions about our data holdings and how to access them to support the development of grant applications. Representatives from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging cohort and the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project also attended to highlight opportunities for using pre-linked CANUE data with their data holdings.
CANUE member Dan Crouse talks about exposure to fine particulate matter and diabetes in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort.
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Join us for Dr. Martino Tran’s webinar: Predicting Environmental and Social Impacts for Smart Sustainable Cities
9am- 10am pacific | 12 noon – 1 pm eastern
Evaluation of daily time spent in transportation and traffic-influenced microenvironments by urban Canadians.
Matz CJ, Stieb DM, Egyed M, Brion O, Johnson M.
Continue readingEnvironmental Determinants of Insufficient Sleep and Sleep Disorders: Implications for Population Health.
Johnson DA, Billings ME, Hale L.
Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2018 Jun;5(2):61-69. DOI:10.1007/s40471-018-0139-y .
Long-term exposure to air pollution and the incidence of multiple sclerosis: A population-based cohort study.
Bai L, Burnett RT, Kwong JC, Hystad P, van Donkelaar A, Brook JR, Tu K, Copes R, Goldberg MS, Martin RV, Murray BJ, Kopp A, Chen H.
Environ Res. 2018 Jun 22;166:437-443. [Epub ahead of print] DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.003
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CANUE member Dr. Michael Jerrett presents at the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine – Geographical Sciences Committee Meeting, May 2018. Hear Dr. Jerrett’s thoughts on how we deal with individual movements through time and space, what that means for environmental exposures, and how we capture data to characterize exposures for health studies.
