Lea Berrang Ford, University of Guelph

Research

Adaptation Climate Change Ecohealth And Onehealth Food Safety Food Security Food Systems Indigenous Peoples Health Indigenous Ways Of Knowing

Latest papers

Civil conflict and sleeping sickness in Africa in general and Uganda in particular.
Conflict and health · 2007 · first author
Sleeping sickness in Uganda: revisiting current and historical distributions.
African health sciences · 2006 · first author
Spatial analysis of sleeping sickness, southeastern Uganda, 1970-2003.
Emerging infectious diseases · 2006 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Climate Change and Indigenous Food System, Food Security, and Food Safety (Climate Change IFS3)
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$2,000,000
Climate Change and Indigenous Food Systems, Food Security, and Food Safety (Climate Change IFS3)
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Do social determinants act as affect modifiers for the relationship between climate and health? The case of malnutrition in Ugandan Batwa Pygmies
CIHR · 2015 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 3 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Civil conflict and sleeping sickness in Africa in general and Uganda in particular.

Berrang Ford L

Conflict and health2007First author

DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-1-6 PMID: 17411421

02

Sleeping sickness in Uganda: revisiting current and historical distributions.

Berrang-Ford L, Odiit M, Maiso F, Waltner-Toews D, McDermott J

African health sciences2006First author

DOI: 10.5555/afhs.2006.6.4.223 PMID: 17604511

03

Spatial analysis of sleeping sickness, southeastern Uganda, 1970-2003.

Berrang-Ford L, Berke O, Abdelrahman L, Waltner-Toews D, McDermott J

Emerging infectious diseases2006First author

DOI: 10.3201/eid1205.051284 PMID: 16704843

Climate Change and Indigenous Food System, Food Security, and Food Safety (Climate Change IFS3)

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Team Grant: Environments and Health: Intersectoral Prevention Research

Principal investigators: Harper, Sherilee L; Durand López-Hurtado, Eduardo J; Edge, Victoria L; Kokunda, Sylvia; Minaya Léon, Percy L; Namanya, Didacus B; Shiwak, Anthony; Snook, Jamie L; Wood, Michele; Berrang Ford, Lea; Carcamo, César; Cunsolo, Ashlee; Ford, James D; Garcia, Patricia; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer A; Lwasa, Shuaib; New, Mark; Sargeant, Janice M; Wolfrey, Charlotte

Keywords: Adaptation; Climate Change; Climate Policy; Community-Based, Participatory Research (Cbpr); Ecohealth And Onehealth; Food Safety; Food Security; Food Systems; Indigenous Peoples Health; Indigenous Ways Of Knowing

$2,000,000

Climate Change and Indigenous Food Systems, Food Security, and Food Safety (Climate Change IFS3)

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant : Environments and Health - LOI - IWK/TEK/TES

Principal investigators: Harper, Sherilee L; Edge, Victoria L; Namanya, Didacus B; Wolfrey, Charlotte; Berrang Ford, Lea; Carcamo, César; Ford, James D; Garcia, Patricia; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer A; Lwasa, Shuaib; Sargeant, Janice M

Keywords: Adaptation; Climate Change; Community-Based; Ecohealth And Onehealth; Food Safety; Food Security; Food Systems; Indigenous Peoples Health; Indigenous Ways Of Knowing; Participatory Research; Policy

$50,000

Do social determinants act as affect modifiers for the relationship between climate and health? The case of malnutrition in Ugandan Batwa Pygmies

SupervisorCIHR2015Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Patterson, Kaitlin

Keywords: Africa; Climate Change; Ecohealth; Gender Inequality; Health Care; Health Inequality; Indigenous; International Development; Malnutrition; Social Determinants Of Health

$105,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adaptation Dear Professor Berrang Ford, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Civil conflict and sleeping sickness in Africa in general and Uganda in particular." (2007), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]