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Dr. Erjia Ge is an Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He specializes in spatial epidemiology, with a focus on the environmental determinants of health, particularly air pollution, extreme heat, wildfires, and noise pollution. With a strong research background, he leads the Geoinformatics of Spatial and Environmental Epidemiology (Ge-iSEE) Lab, dedicating efforts to improving environmental health surveillance and predictive risk algorithms. His ongoing projects assess the impacts of air pollution on health outcomes, including tuberculosis and respiratory problems in children. Ge has successfully secured funding from various sources, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, to explore the interplay between environmental factors and public health challenges exacerbated by climate change. He is actively involved in teaching courses related to spatial epidemiology and applied spatial statistics. Dr. Ge has published extensively, contributing to key journals and leading studies that highlight the risks posed by environmental determinants on health outcomes.
Department of Sociology