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Sherilee Harper

ResearcherUniversity of Alberta

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Sherilee Harper

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (5 CIHR, 3 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Crc Community-Led Research Food Security & Sovereignty Nunavut Public Health Nutrition Climate Change Adaptation Country Food Elders

Latest papers

A wake-up call for a global climate and sleep task force.
Sleep · 2026
Priority climate and health modelling needs.
The Lancet. Planetary health · 2025
Indigenous knowledge and leadership for climate change adaptation in nutrition.
PLOS global public health · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$500,000
Development of Recommendations for Evidence-Informed Actions for Municipalities (DREAM) to Support People Experiencing Homelessness during Extreme Weather Events
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000
Addressing Unavoidable Non-Economic Losses to Climate-Induced Events for Communities in the Arctic
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000

All 17 grants and awards

8 publications.

A wake-up call for a global climate and sleep task force.

Minor K, Blume C, Prather A, Escobar Carias M, Mullins JT, Aylward B, Wortzel JR, Boateng GO, Weobong B, Mindell JA, Crowley SJ, Dugas LR, Harper S, Clayton SD, Gringras P, Penzel T

Sleep2026

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsag075 PMID: 41863640

Priority climate and health modelling needs.

Ebi KL, Bi P, Bowen K, Brauer M, Chua PLC, Colón-González FJ, Dimitrova A, Gasparrini A, Gouveia N, Hajat S, Hamilton I, Harper S, Hasegawa T, Hashizume M, Heaviside C, Honda Y, Green C, Jack C, Kim H, Kinney P, Kone B, Kovats S, Lloyd SJ, Morse AP, Ogden NH, Paz S, Price J, Ryan SJ, Semenza JC, Sheehan T, Taylor R, van Ruijven B, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Warren R, Zaitchik B, Hess JJ

The Lancet. Planetary health2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101297 PMID: 40957425

Indigenous knowledge and leadership for climate change adaptation in nutrition.

Zavaleta-Cortijo C, Silvera-Ccallo R, Lancha-Rucoba G, Chanchari J, Inuma N, Pizango M, Morales-Ancajima V, Miranda-Cuadros M, Aparco JP, Valdivia-Gago A, Nunta-Guimaraes R, Antazú T, Velez-Quevedo J, Fernandez-Neyra C, Carcamo C, Greenwood D, Cade J, Ford JD, Harper S, Miranda JJ

PLOS global public health2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003917 PMID: 39541399

Climate change, poverty, and health: A scoping review of the Canadian context.

Bezgrebelna M, Aliyev E, Amoah YSA, Atkinson D, Chiblow SB, Daley M, Drolet JL, Fletcher A, Harper S, Kenny GP, Lacap LM, McKenzie K, Sachal A, Valois P, Wolbring G, Xie EC, Kidd SA

The journal of climate change and health2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2024.100348 PMID: 41647115

Risk factors associated with antibiotic prescriptions for cases of enteric pathogens in Canada, 2015-2019.

Dougherty B, Finley R, Dumoulin D, Weese JS, Harper S, Parmley EJ, Papadopoulos A

Epidemiology and infection2024

DOI: 10.1017/s0950268824001365 PMID: 39440529

Examining the mental health impacts of climate change on young people in Canada: a national cross-sectional survey.

Aylward B, Cunsolo A, Clayton S, Minor K, Cooper M, Chatwood S, Harper S

The Lancet. Planetary health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00068-8 PMID: 38632918

Towards a more integrated research framework for heat-related health risks and adaptation.

Muccione V, Biesbroek R, Harper S, Haasnoot M

The Lancet. Planetary health2024

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00254-1 PMID: 38199725

Inuit-defined determinants of food security in academic research focusing on Inuit Nunangat and Alaska: A scoping review protocol.

Naylor A, Kenny TA, Harper S, Beale D, Premji Z, Furgal C, Ford J, Little M

Nutrition and health2023

DOI: 10.1177/02601060221151091 PMID: 36650987

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2024Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Harper, Sherilee L

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Development of Recommendations for Evidence-Informed Actions for Municipalities (DREAM) to Support People Experiencing Homelessness during Extreme Weather Events

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Nykiforuk, Candace; Abbott, Jared

Keywords: Air Quality; Climate Change; Climate Hazards; Climate Justice; Extreme Cold; Extreme Heat; Extreme Weather Response; Health Equity; Homelessness; Municipal Interventions

$125,000

Addressing Unavoidable Non-Economic Losses to Climate-Induced Events for Communities in the Arctic

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - NordForsk-led Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Harper, Sherilee

$1,000,000

Transforming places for the precariously housed: Equitable adaptation pathways for climate mobilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Gilmore, Elisabeth

Keywords: sustainable development; decision-making; indicators; transformational adaptation; infrastructure; housing; climate-related migration; rural-urban connections; co-production; Indigenous Knowledge and local knowledge

$999,697

Climate changed transportation: holistic and Indigenous informed responses to transportation infrastructure, food security, and community well-being in the Arctic

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sapna

Keywords: climate change; climate change adaptation; cryosphere; ice and snow; marine shipping; country food; caribou; marine mammals; mental health; circumpolar Arctic

$2,173,867

Climate Mental Health Research Initiative: Urgently Accelerating Climate Mental Health Research & Equity through Global Networks

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Harper, Sherilee

Keywords: Climate change and mental health impacts; Climate change and mental health adaptation; Mental health co-benefits of climate change mitigation; Climate change anxiety; Ecological grief; Cascading and compounding climate change risks; Climate change and mental health projections; Climate change and mental health policy; Social justice; Equity

$2,785,016

The Indigenous Peoples Observatory Network (IPON): The Climate-Food-Health Nexus

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Pearce, Tristan

Keywords: Indigenous knowledge systems; Community-based adaptation; Climate-food-health nexus; Indigenous food systems; Indigenous Peoples’ health; Climate change adaptation; Community resilience and vulnerability; Participatory monitoring; Climate risk

$1,000,000

Monks, Malaria and Marshlands: The Lived Landscape of Early Medieval Northwestern France

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Cameron-Steinke, Bryna

Keywords: environmental history; medieval history; interdisciplinary history; land use; marginal landscapes; monasticism; economic history

$43,318

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

Keywords: Biodiversity Well-being Conservation Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Peoples

$8,000,000

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Zhu, Huaiping

$2,500,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Sherilee Harper

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A wake-up call for a global climate and sleep task force.

Priority climate and health modelling needs.

Indigenous knowledge and leadership for climate change adaptation in nutrition.

Climate change, poverty, and health: A scoping review of the Canadian context.

Risk factors associated with antibiotic prescriptions for cases of enteric pathogens in Canada, 2015-2019.

Examining the mental health impacts of climate change on young people in Canada: a national cross-sectional survey.

Towards a more integrated research framework for heat-related health risks and adaptation.

Inuit-defined determinants of food security in academic research focusing on Inuit Nunangat and Alaska: A scoping review protocol.

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Development of Recommendations for Evidence-Informed Actions for Municipalities (DREAM) to Support People Experiencing Homelessness during Extreme Weather Events

Addressing Unavoidable Non-Economic Losses to Climate-Induced Events for Communities in the Arctic

Transforming places for the precariously housed: Equitable adaptation pathways for climate mobilities

Climate changed transportation: holistic and Indigenous informed responses to transportation infrastructure, food security, and community well-being in the Arctic

Climate Mental Health Research Initiative: Urgently Accelerating Climate Mental Health Research & Equity through Global Networks

The Indigenous Peoples Observatory Network (IPON): The Climate-Food-Health Nexus

Monks, Malaria and Marshlands: The Lived Landscape of Early Medieval Northwestern France

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)

Frequent collaborators

Matthew Little

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Kwame Mckenzie

Andrew Papadopoulos

Michael Brauer

Susan Chatwood

Kwame Mckenzie

Gregor Wolbring

Amber Fletcher