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Matilda Van Den Bosch

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Matilda Van Den Bosch

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2017.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Research

Air Pollution Developmental Origin Of Health And Disease Early Development Environmental Health Green Spaces Noise Urbanization

Latest papers

The 2026 Europe Cities Report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: cities at the forefront of climate change action.
The Lancet. Public health · 2026
Residential greenness and wellbeing in the UK: A population-representative intersectional multilevel analysis.
Environmental research · 2026 · senior author
Editorial: Interconnected impacts: climate change, biodiversity loss, and health.
Frontiers in public health · 2026 · first author

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Optimizing Health and Sustainability Interventions on Schoolgrounds (OHASIS): Increasing Green Infrastructure for Healthy Cities
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Resilient urban forests for Canadians: Adapting to climate change for enhanced tree-related benefits
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$540,000
Beneficial and harmful effects of early-life environmental exposures on childhood development - a cohort study.
CIHR · 2018 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 6 grants and awards

45 publications.

The 2026 Europe Cities Report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: cities at the forefront of climate change action.

Chen-Xu J, Kriit HK, Semenza JC, Heiliger H, Markandya A, Dasandi N, Jankin S, van Daalen KR, Auclair O, Ballester J, Bechara H, Bussalleu A, Caleffi S, Callaghan MW, Chen ZY, Cirach M, Coan TG, Crippa M, Dasgupta S, de'Donato F, de Hoogh K, Di Pirro E, Fransson P, Gatland D, Gopal I, Guizzardi D, Hänninen R, Hatfield CRS, Kiesewetter G, Lindl F, Liu X, Malla R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Minx JC, Montana F, Mueller N, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Nobile F, O'Neill S, Palamarchuk J, Paniello-Castillo B, Pisoni E, Rawden J, Singh P, Sjödin H, Sofiev M, Springmann M, Stucki L, Triñanes J, van den Bosch M, Vermeulen R, Vielma C, Walawender M, Romanello M, Antó JM, Nilsson M, Rocklöv J, Tonne C

The Lancet. Public health2026

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00100-3 PMID: 42716068

Residential greenness and wellbeing in the UK: A population-representative intersectional multilevel analysis.

Bornioli A, Leckie G, Elliott LR, Wheeler BW, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, van den Bosch M

Environmental research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.125555 PMID: 42637193

Editorial: Interconnected impacts: climate change, biodiversity loss, and health.

van den Bosch M, Paciência I, Al-Delaimy WK, Jaakkola JJK

Frontiers in public health2026First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1912102 PMID: 42487817

Urban greenspace and dementia: Measures, mechanisms, and methodological guidance.

Jarvis I, Besser L, Finlay J, Hystad P, Lane KJ, Hunter RF, James P, Jiménez MP, Nieuwenhuijsen M, van den Bosch M, Van Riper D, Lee J, Doiron D, Brook J, Adar SD, Brauer M

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71557 PMID: 42252512

Agricultural pesticide exposures in Ecuador and their spatial association with low birth weight: a combined cluster detection and Bayesian modelling approach.

Andrade-Rivas F, Spiegel J, Delgado-Ron JA, van den Bosch M, Parrott L, Henderson SB

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.128090 PMID: 41962821

Neighborhood playability and early childhood development: a population-based birth cohort study.

Jarvis I, Gemmell E, Cavanaugh A, Davis Z, Guhn M, Sbihi H, Oberlander TF, van den Bosch M, Brauer M

Environmental research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.124124 PMID: 41786116

Testing nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory: a research programme protocol.

White MP, Egger JAM, Amato G, Astell-Burt T, Bekke-Hansen S, Borja A, Burov A, Busse S, Costongs C, Dimitrova D, Doimo I, Dzhambov AM, Elliott LR, Godfrey A, Grellier J, Hartig T, Hartl A, Nyed PK, Konijnendijk C, Lem M, Litt JS, Lovell R, Lymeus F, Mammadova A, Martin L, Moè A, Trimmer SM, O'Driscoll C, Östberg J, Pahl S, Pazzaglia F, Pichler C, Poole A, Pouso S, Razani N, Rogelja T, Secco L, Stigsdotter UK, Corazon SS, Sowman G, Uyarra MC, van den Berg AE, van Rompay T, Voracek M, Wells NM, Wheeler BW, van den Bosch M

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-026-01903-5 PMID: 42032758

Methodological guidance for selecting buffers in greenspace-health studies.

Zare Sakhvidi MJ, Browning MHEM, Samuelsson K, Labib SM, Psyllidis A, Amegah AK, Astell-Burt T, Bach A, Jerrett M, Bratman GN, van den Bosch M, de Hoogh K, de Vries S, Dzhambov AM, Fallah Madvari R, Feng X, Fernandes A, Fuertes E, Giannico V, Gouveia N, Hartig T, Heinrich J, Hystad P, Ibarluzea J, Jacquemin B, James P, Jashni M, Knibbs LD, Knobel P, Kogevinas M, Lertxundi A, Markevych I, Mehrparvar A, Miri M, Mitchell R, Nawrot TS, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, O'Callaghan-Gordo C, Pearce J, Plusquin M, Sanesi G, Su JG, Triguero-Mas M, Ubalde-Lopez M, Valentin A, White MP, Yang BY, Yang J, Zhang J, Zhao T, Helbich M, Dadvand P

The Lancet. Planetary health2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101370 PMID: 41232555

Nature contact and health risk Behaviours: Results from an 18 country study.

Martin L, White MP, Pahl S, May J, Newton JN, Elliott LR, Cirach M, Grellier J, Bratman GN, Gascon M, Lima ML, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Ojala A, Roiko A, van den Bosch M, Fleming LE

Health & place2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103479 PMID: 40367738

Residential exposure to noise, green space, and children's language acquisition.

Yu X, Jarvis I, van den Bosch M, Guhn M, Sbihi H, Davies H

Environment international2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109524 PMID: 40373462

Optimizing Health and Sustainability Interventions on Schoolgrounds (OHASIS): Increasing Green Infrastructure for Healthy Cities

Co-investigatorCIHR2018IPPH Building Healthy Cities - Dragon's Den

Principal investigators: Rainham, Daniel Gareth C; Collyer, Cameron; Crouse, Dan L

Keywords: Green Infrastructure; Healthy Cities; Intervention; School Grounds; Triple-Bottom Line

$100,000

Resilient urban forests for Canadians: Adapting to climate change for enhanced tree-related benefits

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Advancing Climate Change Science in Canada

Principal investigators: Paquette, Alain

$540,000

Beneficial and harmful effects of early-life environmental exposures on childhood development - a cohort study.

SupervisorCIHR2018Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Jarvis, Ingrid M

Keywords: Air Pollution; Early Development; Environmental Health; Green Spaces; Noise Pollution; Urbanization

$105,000

A Nature-based Solutions Research Incubator (NBSRI) for Healthy Cities

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning/Dissemination Grants - IPPH - ICS - Building Healthy Cities - General

Principal investigators: Rainham, Daniel Gareth C; Crouse, Dan L

Keywords: Citizen Science; Environmental Performance Indicators; Health Co-Benefits; Nature-Based Solutions; Strategic Planning; Sustainable Cities

$10,000

Born to be Wise: Impact of Modifiable Early-life Environmental Exposures on the Health and Development of Children

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Van Den Bosch, Matilda

Keywords: Air Pollution; Developmental Origin Of Health And Disease; Early Development; Environmental Health; Green Spaces; Noise; Urbanization

$351,901

CANadian Urban Environmental (CANUE) Health Research Consortium

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: Canadian Environmental Urban Health Research Consortium

Principal investigators: Brook, Jeffrey R; Stieb, David M; Awadalla, Philip; Brauer, Michael; Hu, Howard; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; Subbarao, Padmaja

Keywords: Air Quality; Climate Change; Cohorts; Environmental Exposure; Greenness; Noise; Urban Form; Walkability

$4,165,000

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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Matilda Van Den Bosch

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Latest papers

Latest funding

The 2026 Europe Cities Report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: cities at the forefront of climate change action.

Residential greenness and wellbeing in the UK: A population-representative intersectional multilevel analysis.

Editorial: Interconnected impacts: climate change, biodiversity loss, and health.

Urban greenspace and dementia: Measures, mechanisms, and methodological guidance.

Agricultural pesticide exposures in Ecuador and their spatial association with low birth weight: a combined cluster detection and Bayesian modelling approach.

Neighborhood playability and early childhood development: a population-based birth cohort study.

Testing nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory: a research programme protocol.

Methodological guidance for selecting buffers in greenspace-health studies.

Nature contact and health risk Behaviours: Results from an 18 country study.

Residential exposure to noise, green space, and children's language acquisition.

Optimizing Health and Sustainability Interventions on Schoolgrounds (OHASIS): Increasing Green Infrastructure for Healthy Cities

Resilient urban forests for Canadians: Adapting to climate change for enhanced tree-related benefits

Beneficial and harmful effects of early-life environmental exposures on childhood development - a cohort study.

A Nature-based Solutions Research Incubator (NBSRI) for Healthy Cities

Born to be Wise: Impact of Modifiable Early-life Environmental Exposures on the Health and Development of Children

CANadian Urban Environmental (CANUE) Health Research Consortium

Frequent collaborators

Hind Sbihi

Martin Guhn

Michael Brauer

Mieke Koehoorn

Hong Chen

Blake Poland

Trevor Dummer

Jerry Spiegel

Anita Kozyrskyj

Éric Lavigne

Daniel Rainham

Kate Zinszer

Audrey Smargiassi

Dany Doiron

Jean-Claude Moubarac

Audrey Smargiassi

Jeffrey Brook

Bruce Lanphear