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Michael Brauer

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Professor
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Lungs and Breathing Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health
Degrees / Designations

ScD, BA

Contact Info
michael.brauer@ubc.ca
604-822-9585

Biography

Dr. Michael Brauer’s research emphasis is on linkages between the built environment and human health, with specific interest in transportation-related and biomass air pollution, the global health impacts of air pollution and the relationships between multiple exposures mediated by urban form (air pollution, noise, greenness) and population health. He has participated in monitoring and epidemiological studies throughout the world and served on advisory committees to the World Health Organization, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Canada, the International Joint Commission and governments in North America and Asia. He is an associate editor of Environmental Health Perspectives and a member of the Core Analytic Team for the Global Burden of Disease.

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