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Brian Robinson
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Research
Latest papers
Effects of China's Clean Heating Policy on respiratory symptoms and airway inflammation in adults: a quasi-experimental study in rural Beijing.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2026
Multi-year Evaluation of a Clean Heating Policy on Residents' Air Pollution Exposures in Beijing, China.
Environmental science & technology · 2025
Mapping socio-economic status using mixed data: a hierarchical Bayesian approach.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society) · 2025
Latest funding
- $58,080
Valuing urban ecosystems (VUE): Using Environment-Ecosystem Accounting to Evaluate Nature's Contribution to People in Canadian Cities
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
Co-producing knowledge on exposures to heat and their impacts on child mental health
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $250,000
Generating evidence on climate change and incidence of child marriage using satellite, environmental, and social data
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
11 publications.
Effects of China's Clean Heating Policy on respiratory symptoms and airway inflammation in adults: a quasi-experimental study in rural Beijing.
Xue K, Baumgartner J, Harper S, Sternbach T, Li X, Shang J, Yuan W, Ma J, Zhang X, Carter E, Robinson B, Zhang Y
Multi-year Evaluation of a Clean Heating Policy on Residents' Air Pollution Exposures in Beijing, China.
Li X, Brehmer C, Hirst K, Sternbach T, Yuan W, Zhang X, Barrington-Leigh C, Baumgartner J, Harper S, Robinson B, Shen G, Tao S, Zhang Y, Carter E
Mapping socio-economic status using mixed data: a hierarchical Bayesian approach.
Virgili-Gervais G, Schmidt AM, Bixby H, Cavanaugh A, Owusu G, Agyei-Mensah S, Robinson B, Baumgartner J
Using old fields for new purposes: ecosystem service outcomes of restoring marginal agricultural land to forests.
Destrempes C, Rieb JT, Clark J, Torchio GM, Robinson B, Poulin M, Bennett EM
Nature's contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs.
Poudyal M, Kraft F, Wells G, Das A, Attiwilli S, Schreckenberg K, Lele S, Daw T, Torres-Vitolas C, Setty S, Adams H, Ahmad S, Ryan C, Fisher J, Robinson B, Jones JPG, Homewood K, Bluwstein J, Keane A, Macamo C, Mugi LM
Identifying deprived "slum" neighbourhoods in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana using census and remote sensing data.
MacTavish R, Bixby H, Cavanaugh A, Agyei-Mensah S, Bawah A, Owusu G, Ezzati M, Arku R, Robinson B, Schmidt AM, Baumgartner J
Spatial modelling and inequalities of environmental noise in Accra, Ghana.
Clark SN, Alli AS, Ezzati M, Brauer M, Toledano MB, Nimo J, Moses JB, Baah S, Hughes A, Cavanaugh A, Agyei-Mensah S, Owusu G, Robinson B, Baumgartner J, Bennett JE, Arku RE
Field measurements of indoor and community air quality in rural Beijing before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown.
Li X, Baumgartner J, Harper S, Zhang X, Sternbach T, Barrington-Leigh C, Brehmer C, Robinson B, Shen G, Zhang Y, Tao S, Carter E
Socioeconomic and Demographic Associations with Wintertime Air Pollution Exposures at Household, Community, and District Scales in Rural Beijing, China.
Li X, Baumgartner J, Barrington-Leigh C, Harper S, Robinson B, Shen G, Sternbach T, Tao S, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Carter E
Spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana.
Tetteh JD, Templeton MR, Cavanaugh A, Bixby H, Owusu G, Yidana SM, Moulds S, Robinson B, Baumgartner J, Annim SK, Quartey R, Mintah SE, Bawah AA, Arku RE, Ezzati M, Agyei-Mensah S
Valuing urban ecosystems (VUE): Using Environment-Ecosystem Accounting to Evaluate Nature's Contribution to People in Canadian Cities
Principal investigators: Robinson, Brian E.
Keywords: environmental-economic accounting; ecosystem services; ecosystem valuation; natural capital
Co-producing knowledge on exposures to heat and their impacts on child mental health
Principal investigators: Baumgartner, Jill C; Augustinavicius, Jura L; Robinson, Brian E
Keywords: Child Health; Climate Change; Environment; Global Health; Heat And Heat Extremes; Inequalities; Mental Health; Vulnerable Communities
Generating evidence on climate change and incidence of child marriage using satellite, environmental, and social data
Principal investigators: Baumgartner, Jill
Keywords: child health; extreme weather; environmental degradation ; child marriage; causal inference; mediation analysis
NSERC ResNet: A network for monitoring, modelling, and managing Canada's ecosystem services for sustainability and resilience
Principal investigators: Bennett, Elena
ANCRAGE - agriculture, nature et communautés : recherche-action en gouvernance environnementale
Principal investigators: Dupras, Jérôme
Keywords: agriculture; pratiques agroenvironnementales; gouvernance environnementale; services écosystémiques; paiements pour services écosystémiques
Evaluating sustainable household energy transitions in a large-scale program in Beijing, China
Principal investigators: Robinson, Brian
Keywords: (1) household energy; (2) energy transition; (3) greenhouse gas emissions; (4) impact analysis; (5) air pollution; (6) human well-being; (7) environmental impact; (8) environmental policy
Mapping environmental dependency & vulnerability
Principal investigators: Robinson, Brian
Keywords: livelihoods; environment; environmental dependency; vulnerability; poverty; China; ecosystem services; spatial mapping; rural development
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Medicine
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