Henry Leighton, McGill University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.

Latest papers

Changing Patterns of Relationships Between Geographic Markers and IBD: Possible Intrusion of Obesity.
Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2020
Latitude, sunshine, and human lactase phenotype distributions may contribute to geographic patterns of modern disease: the inflammatory bowel disease model.
Clinical epidemiology · 2014
Significant positive correlation between sunshine and lactase nonpersistence in Europe may implicate both in similarly altering risks for some diseases.
Nutrition and cancer · 2011

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Regional-scale modelling of aerosol-cloud interactions
NSERC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Modelling and observational studies related to regional radiation budgets
NSERC · 1998 · Principal investigator
$100,430
A. Solar Radiation Budget Studies B. Cloud Chemistry Modelling
NSERC · 1995 · Principal investigator
$10,000

All 9 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Changing Patterns of Relationships Between Geographic Markers and IBD: Possible Intrusion of Obesity.

Szilagyi A, Smith BE, Sebbag N, Leighton H, Xue X

Crohn's & colitis 3602020

DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otaa044 PMID: 36777297

02

Latitude, sunshine, and human lactase phenotype distributions may contribute to geographic patterns of modern disease: the inflammatory bowel disease model.

Szilagyi A, Leighton H, Burstein B, Xue X

Clinical epidemiology2014

DOI: 10.2147/clep.s59838 PMID: 24971037

03

Significant positive correlation between sunshine and lactase nonpersistence in Europe may implicate both in similarly altering risks for some diseases.

Szilagyi A, Leighton H, Burstein B, Shrier I

Nutrition and cancer20119 citations

DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2011.596641 PMID: 21800978

Regional-scale modelling of aerosol-cloud interactions

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$100,000

Modelling and observational studies related to regional radiation budgets

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$100,430

A. Solar Radiation Budget Studies B. Cloud Chemistry Modelling

Principal investigatorNSERC1995Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$10,000

Surface solar radiation budgets from satellite measurements

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$88,780

Computer workstation

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$22,905

Computing facility for the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill

Co-investigatorNSERC1993Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Government (H)

Principal investigators: Lin, Charles

$500

A. Solar surface radiation budgets from ERBE B. Clouds chemistry modelling

Principal investigatorNSERC1992Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Government (H)

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$39,000

Radiation budgets of the polar regions from satellite radiances

Principal investigatorNSERC1991Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Government (H)

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$11,980

Radiation budgets at high latitudes from satellite measurements

Principal investigatorNSERC1991Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leighton, Henry

$51,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Ian Shrier

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2011

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Leighton, 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 "Changing Patterns of Relationships Between Geographic Markers and IBD: Possible Intrusion of Obesity." (2020), 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]