Dr. Sarah Henderson, BASc, PhD

Senior Scientist

BC Centre for Disease Control

Faculty of Medicine

School of Population and Public Health

UBC-affiliated hospital or clinic

Fields

Climate Change, Environment, Health Care, Pollution

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

Sarah Henderson (She/Her/Hers)

sarah.henderson@bccdc.ca

phone: 604-910-9144

http://spph.ubc.ca/person/sarah-henderson/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Henderson4

Alternate Contact

Erik Rolfsen

Senior Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604.822.2644

Cell: 604.209.3048

Email: erik.rolfsen@ubc.ca

Expertise

wildfire smoke, air pollution, extreme hot weather, public health, epidemiology, environmental health

In the Media

How breathing in wildfire smoke affects the body – National Geographic, September 2020 B.C. wildfire smoke likely to increase coronavirus death rates, experts warn – The Narwhal, April 2020 Wildfires are dangerous and so is wildfire smoke (August 18, 2014) The Current for August 21, 2018 – CBC Wildfires Can Cost Billions. What Comes After the Fire May Be Even Costlier. – Brink Smoke Gets in Your Eyes … and Mouth and Lungs Too – Sierra Club