Associate Professor, School of Public Health

Email

sherilee.harper@ualberta.ca

My research investigates associations between weather and Indigenous health in the context of climate change. I collaborate with Indigenous partners to prioritize climate-related health actions, planning, interventions, and research.

I am co-lead the Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC) program, an international research initiative that works closely with Indigenous peoples and their organizations in the Canadian Arctic, Ugandan Impenetrable Forest, and the Peruvian Amazon. The program aims to utilize science and Indigenous knowledge to strengthen health systems in light of a rapidly changing climate, within three areas of foci: food security; malaria; and foodborne and waterborne disease. 

Degrees
PhD, University of Guelph, 2013
MSc, University of Guelph, 2009

Keywords 

• climate change and health
• climate change adaptation
• Indigenous peoples' health
• community-led research; community-based, participatory research
• social and environmental epidemiology
• mixed (qualitative and quantitative) research methods
• Inuit Nunangat; Uganda; Peru

Research Service

• Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
• Lead Author on the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report (AR6-WG2)
• Gender Task Group for the IPCC
• Editorial Review Board for Epidemiology and Infection.

PhD position in participatory climate modeling, ethno-climatology, and human health in the Arctic