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Liv Yoon
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Research
Latest papers
Susceptibility of persons with schizophrenia to extreme heat: A critical review of physiological, behavioural, and social factors.
The Science of the total environment · 2025
Surviving the 2021 heat dome with schizophrenia: A qualitative, interview-based unpacking of risks and vulnerabilities.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025 · first author
NPCC4: Climate risk and equity-advancing knowledge toward a sustainable future | Conclusions.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024
Latest funding
- $573,750
Unpacking the Pronounced Risks Faced by People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Diagnoses During Heat Extremes: A Feasibility Test and Mechanisms Validation
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $125,000
An Intersectoral and Community-based Participatory Research Approach to Transforming Protection for Priority Populations from Extreme Temperatures
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
8 publications.
Susceptibility of persons with schizophrenia to extreme heat: A critical review of physiological, behavioural, and social factors.
Kirby NV, Tetzlaff EJ, Kidd SA, Brown EE, Bezgrebelna M, Yoon L, Henderson SB, Kenny GP
Surviving the 2021 heat dome with schizophrenia: A qualitative, interview-based unpacking of risks and vulnerabilities.
Yoon L, Tetzlaff EJ, Chiu T, Wong C, Hiscox L, Choquette D, Mew S, Kenny GP, White RF, Schütz CG
NPCC4: Climate risk and equity-advancing knowledge toward a sustainable future | Conclusions.
Towers J, Leichenko R, Braneon C, Balk D, Yoon L, Wagner G, Ventrella J, Tchen JKW, Rosenzweig B, Orton P, Ortiz L, Moss R, Montalto F, McPhearson T, McComas K, Marcotullio P, Matte T, Maher N, Knowlton K, Horton R, Foster S, Bader D, Baptista A
NPCC4: Climate change, energy, and energy insecurity in New York City.
Yoon L, Ventrella J, Marcotullio P, Matte T, Lane K, Tipaldo J, Jessel S, Schmid K, Casagrande J, Elszasz H
NPCC4: Climate change and New York City's health risk.
Matte T, Lane K, Tipaldo JF, Barnes J, Knowlton K, Torem E, Anand G, Yoon L, Marcotullio P, Balk D, Constible J, Elszasz H, Ito K, Jessel S, Limaye V, Parks R, Rutigliano M, Sorenson C, Yuan A
NPCC4: New York City climate risk information 2022-observations and projections.
Braneon C, Ortiz L, Bader D, Devineni N, Orton P, Rosenzweig B, McPhearson T, Smalls-Mantey L, Gornitz V, Mayo T, Kadam S, Sheerazi H, Glenn E, Yoon L, Derras-Chouk A, Towers J, Leichenko R, Balk D, Marcotullio P, Horton R
Responding to the Heat and Planning for the Future: An Interview-Based Inquiry of People with Schizophrenia Who Experienced the 2021 Heat Dome in Canada.
Yoon L, Tetzlaff EJ, Wong C, Chiu T, Hiscox L, Mew S, Choquette D, Kenny GP, Schütz CG
Reflections on a Century of Extreme Heat Event-Related Mortality Reporting in Canada.
Yoon L, Richardson GRA, Gorman M
Unpacking the Pronounced Risks Faced by People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Diagnoses During Heat Extremes: A Feasibility Test and Mechanisms Validation
Principal investigators: Kidd, Sean A; Rotenberg, Martin A; Stopps, Helen K; Xue, Siqi
Keywords: Climate Change; Heat; Longitudinal; Schizophrenia
An Intersectoral and Community-based Participatory Research Approach to Transforming Protection for Priority Populations from Extreme Temperatures
Principal investigators: Yoon, Liv
Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Cooling Centre; Extreme Cold; Extreme Heat; Health Systems; Homelessness; Precariously Housed; Seniors; Vulnerability; Warming Centre
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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