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Jeffrey Brook

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Associate ProfessorOccupational and Environmental HealthUniversity of Toronto

Jeffrey Brook

Associate Professor

Occupational and Environmental Health

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Scholar

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10 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 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Publications

152

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Grants

Publications by year

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Education

PhD (Air Pollution Meteorology)
MS (Atmospheric Science)
Diploma (Meteorology)
BS (Physical Sciences)

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Air Quality Asthma Lung Function Nutrition Environment, Genes And Chronic Disease Environmental Health Signature Initiative Intersectoral Prevention Research Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease (Dohad)

Latest papers

Early-life greenness and childhood asthma and allergic rhinitis: an Ontario birth cohort study.
The European respiratory journal · 2026
Urban greenspace and dementia: Measures, mechanisms, and methodological guidance.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
Integrating the physical environment into Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias research: A Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) agenda on gaps and priorities.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Let's be precise: harnessing the diversity of the child study to improve asthma outcomes for all
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,999,593
Community resilience and diabetes incidence following the pandemic: A comparative analysis of Canadian cities
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Environment Health Summit 2023
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$40,000

All 15 grants and awards

15 publications.

Early-life greenness and childhood asthma and allergic rhinitis: an Ontario birth cohort study.

Ge E, Yu C, Lavigne E, Villeneuve PJ, Liu X, Grubic N, Lou W, Brook J, Lu Z, Li YL, To T

The European respiratory journal2026

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02272-2025 PMID: 41819538

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

Integrating the physical environment into Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias research: A Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) agenda on gaps and priorities.

Doiron D, Jovanovic Andersen Z, Bozigar M, Habre R, Hystad P, Jarvis I, Knapp D, Luben TJ, Patel P, Pinto JM, Ritz B, Volckens J, Wellenius GA, Lee J, Brauer M, Brook J, Adar SD

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

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71429 PMID: 42015354

Clinical and community factors' correlation with NT-proBNP in First Nations: a cross-sectional analysis of the CAHHM-FN cohort

Marchand M, Labiba ZS, Schulze K, Pigeyre M, Desai D, Brook J, Irvine J, Abonyi S, Joseph P, Poirier P

Canadian Journal of Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.03.056

Urban environment during pregnancy, cognitive abilities, motor function, and externalizing and internalizing symptoms at 2–5 years old in 3 Canadian birth cohorts

Binter A-C, Doiron D, Shareck M, Pitt T, McDonald SW, Subbarao P, Fraser WD, Tough SC, Brook J, Guxens M

Environment International20256 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109222

Advancing Population Health Through Open Environmental Data Platforms.

Noaeen M, Doiron D, Syer J, Brook J

Current topics in behavioral neurosciences2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/7854_2024_512 PMID: 39112811

Capturing Exposure Disparities with Chemical Transport Models: Evaluating the Suitability of Downscaling Using Land Use Regression.

Zalzal J, Minet L, Brook J, Mihele C, Chen H, Hatzopoulou M

Environmental science & technology2024

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03725 PMID: 39092553

Effects of ambient air pollution on obesity and ectopic fat deposition: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Munir M, Azab SM, Bangdiwala SI, Kurmi O, Doiron D, Brook J, Banfield L, de Souza RJ

BMJ Open20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080026 PMID: W4391886657

Does ambient air pollution influence biochemical markers of liver injury? Findings of a cross-sectional population-based survey.

Dales R, Mitchell K, Lukina A, Brook J, Karthikeyan S, Cakmak S

Chemosphere2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139859 PMID: 37619749

Within city spatiotemporal variation of pollen concentration in the city of Toronto, Canada.

Zapata-Marin S, Schmidt AM, Weichenthal S, Katz DSW, Takaro T, Brook J, Lavigne E

Environmental research2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112566 PMID: 34922985

Let's be precise: harnessing the diversity of the child study to improve asthma outcomes for all

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Infection/Immunity

Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Azad, Meghan; Gadermann, Anne M; Lu, Zihang; Turvey, Stuart E

Keywords: Childhood Asthma; Infection; Microbiome; Social Determinants Of Asthma; Youth Engagement

$1,999,593

Community resilience and diabetes incidence following the pandemic: A comparative analysis of Canadian cities

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: HCRI: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Booth, Gillian L

Keywords: Community Resilience; Diabetes Incidence; Economic Analysis; Equity; Food Environment; Greenspace; Machine Learning; Predictive Modelling; Socioeconomic; Walkability

$100,000

Environment Health Summit 2023

Nominated PICIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Brook, Jeffrey R; Fuller, Daniel L; Gauvin, Lise; Martin, Alberto; Subbarao, Padmaja

Keywords: Environment, Genes And Chronic Disease; Environmental Health Signature Initiative; Intersectoral Prevention Research

$40,000

Developing Novel Urban Residential Mobility Indicators to Advance Environmental Measurements for Health: Applications for Premature Mortality in Canadian Cities

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Op. Gr.: Data Anal. Using Existing Data./Cohorts - HC Interv. Res. General Pool

Principal investigators: Rosella, Laura C

Keywords: Cities; Housing; Population Health; Prediction; Residential Mobility

$100,000

Artificial Intelligence for Public Health (AI4PH) Training Platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Training Grant: Health Research Training Platform - AI, Public Health and Equity

Principal investigators: Rosella, Laura C; Anderson, Maureen; Buckeridge, David L; Fan, Lisa; Lee, Joon; Lix, Lisa M; Osgood, Nathaniel D

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Decision Making; Health Equity; Machine Learning; Public Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Training

$2,394,219

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Principal investigators: Evans, Greg

$200,000

Association of socioeconomic and environmental factors with neonatal and childhood outcomes of preterm neonates <29 weeks' gestation in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shah, Prakeshkumar; Brook, Jeffrey R; Luu, Thuy Mai

Keywords: Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease (Dohad); Developmental Outcomes; Environmental Factors; Maternal Environmental Exposures; Neonatal Outcomes; Outcomes Research; Preterm Neonates; Retrospective Cohort Study; Socioeconomic Factors

$290,699

Developing an integrated, innovative platform for retrospectively quantifying the prenatal and early child exposome using deciduous teeth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Kobor, Michael

Keywords: development child health biological indicators epigenetics corticosteroids cortisol social determinants of health Developmental Origin of Health and Disease

$237,708

COVID-19 AND AIR QUALITY IN CANADA_x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Evans, Greg

$50,000

Exploring inequalities of greenness accessibility to inform interventions to reduce avoidable development of allergic-related respiratory problems in children

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Data Analysis - Healthy Cities Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Ge, Erjia; Brook, Jeffrey R; Lou, Wen-Yi W; To, Teresa

Keywords: Air Pollution; Childhood Asthma And Allergies; Environmental Inequality; Geospatial Analyses And Modeling; Greenness Accessibility; Maternal Exposure; Population Health Intervention; Spatial Lifecource Epidemiology

$75,000

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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Jeffrey Brook

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Early-life greenness and childhood asthma and allergic rhinitis: an Ontario birth cohort study.

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

Integrating the physical environment into Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias research: A Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) agenda on gaps and priorities.

Clinical and community factors' correlation with NT-proBNP in First Nations: a cross-sectional analysis of the CAHHM-FN cohort

Urban environment during pregnancy, cognitive abilities, motor function, and externalizing and internalizing symptoms at 2–5 years old in 3 Canadian birth cohorts

Advancing Population Health Through Open Environmental Data Platforms.

Capturing Exposure Disparities with Chemical Transport Models: Evaluating the Suitability of Downscaling Using Land Use Regression.

Effects of ambient air pollution on obesity and ectopic fat deposition: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Does ambient air pollution influence biochemical markers of liver injury? Findings of a cross-sectional population-based survey.

Within city spatiotemporal variation of pollen concentration in the city of Toronto, Canada.

Let's be precise: harnessing the diversity of the child study to improve asthma outcomes for all

Community resilience and diabetes incidence following the pandemic: A comparative analysis of Canadian cities

Environment Health Summit 2023

Developing Novel Urban Residential Mobility Indicators to Advance Environmental Measurements for Health: Applications for Premature Mortality in Canadian Cities

Artificial Intelligence for Public Health (AI4PH) Training Platform

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Association of socioeconomic and environmental factors with neonatal and childhood outcomes of preterm neonates <29 weeks' gestation in Canada

Developing an integrated, innovative platform for retrospectively quantifying the prenatal and early child exposome using deciduous teeth

COVID-19 AND AIR QUALITY IN CANADA_x000d_

Exploring inequalities of greenness accessibility to inform interventions to reduce avoidable development of allergic-related respiratory problems in children

Frequent collaborators

Dany Doiron

Michael Brauer

Éric Lavigne

Sonia Anand

Padmaja Subbarao

Russell de Souza

Sylvia Abonyi

Padmaja Subbarao

James Irvine

Paul Poirier

Matilda Van Den Bosch

Fiona Brinkman

Erjia Ge

Martine Shareck

Belal Alshaikh

Hind Sbihi

Zihang Lu

Randy Littlechild

Manon Ranger

Robert Dales

Hong Chen

Laura Arbour

Wendy Lou

Heather Castleden

Teresa To

Stewart Harris

Kelly McNagny

Denise Daley

Marsha Campbell-Yeo

Shrikant Bangdiwala

Scott Weichenthal

Judah Aryeh Denburg

Marie Eva Pigeyre

Philip Joseph

Sandi Azab

Malcolm Sears