Glen Kenny

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

Extreme heat risks and resilience among women caregivers experiencing poverty - A participatory, mixed methods study in urban Canada

Principal investigators: Xue, Siqi

Evaluating the efficacy of a 26°C indoor temperature for limiting thermal and cardiovascular strain in older adults during a simulated multi-day heat event.

Principal investigators: McCormick, Kelli E

Keywords: Aging; Body Temperature; Cardiovascular Function; Cellular Stress; Heat Mitigation Strategies; Heat Stress; Multi-Day Heatwaves

Defining heat guidance to safeguard the health and well-being of women across the lifespan in the face of rising global temperatures - A Canadian perspective.

Principal investigators: Maloney, Caroline

Keywords: Extreme Heat Events; Heat Messaging; Heat Mitigation; Heat Protection; Heat Stress; Menopause; Menstruation; Pregnancy; Women'S Health

Refining Heat-Health Policy in Canada's Heat Alert and Response Systems to Increase Heat Resiliency in Vulnerable Populations

Principal investigators: Goulet, Nicholas

Keywords: Climate Change; Emergency Preparedness; Extreme Heat Event; Global Warming; Health Policy; Health Systems & Services; Heat Action Plan; Heat And Health Protection; Heat Mitigation And Management; Heat Stress

Creating a Heat Resilient Canadian Workforce by Improving the use of Research from Theory into Practice

Principal investigators: Tetzlaff, Emily J

Keywords: Climate Change; Global Warming; Health Policy; Health Promotion; Heat And Health Protection; Heat Mitigation And Management; Heat Strain; Heat Stress; Heat Wave; Occupational Health

Understanding the limits of human heat tolerance from the cell to the whole-body response

Principal investigators: Kenny, Glen

Efficacy of limb immersion for mitigating physiological strain from the cell to whole-body response during a daylong heat exposure in elderly adults: a laboratory-based heat wave simulation

Principal investigators: McCormick, James J

Keywords: Aging; Body Temperature; Cardiovascular Function; Cellular Stress; Extreme Heat Events; Heat Mitigation Strategies; Heat Stress

Evaluating the efficacy of commonly recommended cooling strategies for protecting elderly people during extreme heat events

Principal investigators: Meade, Robert D

Keywords: Body Temperature; Cardiovascular; Climate Change; Cooling Strateigies; Environmental Physiology; Extreme Heat Events; Heat Stress; Hyperthermia

Pioneering a novel understanding of the physics of health, illness and aging

Principal investigators: Seely, Andrew

Keywords: entropy production maximum entropy production dynamical systems complex systems science metabolism consciousness health