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Overview

Sarah B. Henderson is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and focuses primarily on environmental science. Their research encompasses a range of topics related to climate change and health impacts, air quality, and fire effects on ecosystems.

The main fields of study for Henderson include:

  • Environmental Science

Their work also covers several subfields of study:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Physiology
  • Atmospheric Science

Henderson's research addresses numerous topics including:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Fire dynamics and safety research

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Kathleen McLean
  • Michael J. Lee
  • Naman Paul
  • Jiayun Yao
  • Eric S. Coker

Henderson has published in various venues, with a notable presence in:

  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Environmental Research Health

Their recent papers include:

  • The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021 (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Scaling Language Models: Methods, Analysis & Insights from Training Gopher (2021, arXiv [Cornell University])
  • Health impact analysis of PM2.5 from wildfire smoke in Canada (2013-2015, 2017-2018) (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Analysis of community deaths during the catastrophic 2021 heat dome (2022, Environmental Epidemiology)
  • Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management (2022, Current Environmental Health Reports)

Best Publications

  • Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires

    Fay H. Johnston;Sarah B. Henderson;Yang Chen;James T. Randerson

  • Exposure assessment for estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to outdoor air pollution.

    Michael Brauer;Markus Amann;Rick T. Burnett;Aaron Cohen

  • Application of land use regression to estimate long-term concentrations of traffic-related nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter

    Sarah B Henderson;Bernardo Beckerman;Michael Jerrett;Michael Brauer

  • The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021

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  • Extreme air pollution events from bushfires and dust storms and their association with mortality in Sydney, Australia 1994-2007

    Fay Johnston;Ivan Hanigan;Sarah Henderson;Geoffrey Morgan

  • Three Measures of Forest Fire Smoke Exposure and Their Associations with Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health Outcomes in a Population-Based Cohort

    Sarah B. Henderson;Michael Brauer;Ying C. MacNab;Susan M. Kennedy

  • Mapping maximum urban air temperature on hot summer days

    Hung Chak Ho;Anders Knudby;Paul Sirovyak;Yongming Xu

  • Temporal stability of land use regression models for traffic-related air pollution

    Rongrong Wang;Sarah B. Henderson;Sarah B. Henderson;Hind Sbihi;Ryan W. Allen

  • Correlation between co-exposures to noise and air pollution from traffic sources

    Hugh W Davies;Jelle Vlaanderen;Sarah Henderson;Michael Brauer

  • Health impact analysis of PM2.5 from wildfire smoke in Canada (2013-2015, 2017-2018).

    Carlyn J. Matz;Marika Egyed;Guoliang Xi;Jacinthe Racine

  • Evaluation of food safety knowledge, attitudes and self-reported hand washing practices in FOODSAFE trained and untrained food handlers in British Columbia, Canada

    Lorraine McIntyre;Lis Vallaster;Lynn Wilcott;Sarah B. Henderson

  • Analysis of community deaths during the catastrophic 2021 heat dome

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  • Exposure to natural space, sense of community belonging, and adverse mental health outcomes across an urban region

    Emily J. Rugel;Richard M. Carpiano;Sarah B. Henderson;Michael Brauer

  • Land use regression models to estimate the annual and seasonal spatial variability of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter in Tehran, Iran

    Hassan Amini;Seyed Mahmood Taghavi-Shahri;Sarah B. Henderson;Kazem Naddafi

  • Spatiotemporal Land Use Regression Models of Fine, Ultrafine, and Black Carbon Particulate Matter in New Delhi, India

    Arvind Saraswat;Joshua S. Apte;Joshua S. Apte;Milind Kandlikar;Michael Brauer

  • Evaluation of random forest regression and multiple linear regression for predicting indoor fine particulate matter concentrations in a highly polluted city.

    Weiran Yuchi;Enkhjargal Gombojav;Buyantushig Boldbaatar;Jargalsaikhan Galsuren

  • Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management

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  • Air pollution from bushfires and their association with hospital admissions in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, Australia 1994-2007.

    Kara L. Martin;Ivan C. Hanigan;Geoffrey G. Morgan;Sarah B. Henderson

  • Mobile monitoring of particle light absorption coefficient in an urban area as a basis for land use regression.

    Timothy Larson;Sarah B. Henderson;Michael Brauer

  • Beyond the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): Developing a Natural Space Index for population-level health research.

    Emily J. Rugel;Sarah B. Henderson;Richard M. Carpiano;Michael Brauer

  • Spatiotemporal description of BTEX volatile organic compounds in a Middle Eastern megacity: Tehran Study of Exposure Prediction for Environmental Health Research (Tehran SEPEHR).

    Heresh Amini;Vahid Hosseini;Christian Schindler;Hossein Hassankhany

  • Evaluation of interventions to reduce air pollution from biomass smoke on mortality in Launceston, Australia: retrospective analysis of daily mortality, 1994-2007.

    Fay H Johnston;Ivan C Hanigan;Ivan C Hanigan;Sarah B Henderson;Geoffrey G Morgan

  • Air pollution events from forest fires and emergency department attendances in Sydney, Australia 1996–2007: a case-crossover analysis

    Fay H Johnston;Stuart Purdie;Bin Jalaludin;Kara L Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia
Fay H. Johnston
Fay H. Johnston University of Tasmania
Masud Yunesian
Masud Yunesian Tehran University of Medical Sciences
David M. J. S. Bowman
David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania
Grant J. Williamson
Grant J. Williamson University of Tasmania
Nino Künzli
Nino Künzli University of Basel
Christian Schindler
Christian Schindler Columbia University
Ryan W. Allen
Ryan W. Allen Simon Fraser University
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Richard M. Carpiano
Richard M. Carpiano University of California, Riverside

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