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Scott Weichenthal

ResearcherEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational HealthMcGill University

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Scott Weichenthal

Researcher

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
46 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 15 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (4 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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119

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Research

Cardiovascular Health Air Pollution Acute Cardiovascular Events Environmental Epidemiology Exposure Modelling Outdoor Aeroallergens Cities Climate Change

Latest papers

Exposure to outdoor ultrafine particle number concentrations and incidence of childhood cancer: A population-based cohort study.
Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026 · senior author
Estimating Reductions in Premature Mortality Attributable to Outdoor Ultrafine Particles with Increasing Prevalence of Electric Vehicles and Other Tailpipe-Related Emission Reduction Scenarios.
Environmental science & technology · 2026 · senior author
Toxicity-informed control of global PM2.5 emissions.
National science review · 2026

All 119 publications

Latest funding

Early indicators of the health effects of extreme temperatures and wildfire smoke based on medication dispensations data across Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
New statistical methods for assessing cumulative effects of past and recent values of time-varying risk and prognostic factors: development, validation and real-world epidemiological and clinical applications
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$742,052
Outdoor Aeroallergen Concentrations as Overlooked Environmental Risk Factors for Acute Cardiovascular Events: High Resolution Exposure Modelling and Epidemiological Analyses in Canadian Cities
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$921,825

All 17 grants and awards

119 publications.

Exposure to outdoor ultrafine particle number concentrations and incidence of childhood cancer: A population-based cohort study.

Batisse E, Lloyd M, Lavigne E, Yang S, Ganji A, Xu J, Hatzopoulou M, Baumgartner J, Weichenthal S

Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000528 PMID: 42688910

Estimating Reductions in Premature Mortality Attributable to Outdoor Ultrafine Particles with Increasing Prevalence of Electric Vehicles and Other Tailpipe-Related Emission Reduction Scenarios.

Lloyd M, Ganji A, Batisse E, Hatzopoulou M, Weichenthal S

Environmental science & technology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6c00907 PMID: 42322276

Toxicity-informed control of global PM2.5 emissions.

Zheng H, Wang S, Li X, Li Q, Wu D, Klimont Z, Zhao D, Huang L, Dong Z, Wu Q, Jiang J, Jin LN, He H, He K, Zhao J, Liu Q, Weichenthal S, Cohen AJ, Hao J

National science review2026

DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwag301 PMID: 42370032

Short-term variations in summer temperatures and mental health-related emergency department visits in Ontario, Canada.

Ramnawaz S, Lavigne E, Augustinavicius J, Weichenthal S

Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000431 PMID: 41140315

Prenatal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Components and Autism Risk in Childhood.

Cloutier M, Yu C, Talarico R, Hawken S, Chen H, Weichenthal S, Cakmak S, Hebbern C, Gunz A, van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Côté JN, Lavigne É

JAMA network open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.38882 PMID: 41129149

Within-city spatiotemporal variations in outdoor ultrafine particles and emergency room visits for cardiovascular outcomes.

Weichenthal S, Lavigne E, Lloyd M, Venuta A, Ganji A, Xu J, Saeedi M, Yamanouchi S, Kulka R, Hatzopoulou M

Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2025First author

DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000419 PMID: 40979242

Control of toxicity of fine particulate matter emissions in China.

Zheng H, Wu D, Wang S, Li X, Jin LN, Zhao B, Li S, Sun Y, Dong Z, Wu Q, Chen X, Liu Y, Chen J, Tian H, Liu Q, Jiang J, Kan H, He K, He H, Chen C, Zhao J, Weichenthal S, Ji JS, Cohen AJ, Hao J, Li Q

Nature2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09158-w PMID: 40634743

Prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter composition and risk of cerebral palsy: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Ahmed A, Hawken S, Gunz A, Talarico R, Yu C, Messerlian C, Zhang Y, Chen H, Weichenthal S, van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Lavigne É

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126302 PMID: 40280264

Traffic-related air pollution backcasting using convolutional neural network and long short-term memory approach.

Ganji A, Lloyd M, Xu J, Weichenthal S, Hatzopoulou M

The Science of the total environment2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179286 PMID: 40187087

Examining the social distributions in neighbourhood black carbon and ultrafine particles in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.

Batisse E, Lloyd M, Cavanaugh A, Ganji A, Xu J, Hatzopoulou M, Baumgartner J, Weichenthal S

Environment international2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109395 PMID: 40132442

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Scott Weichenthal

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Exposure to outdoor ultrafine particle number concentrations and incidence of childhood cancer: A population-based cohort study.

Estimating Reductions in Premature Mortality Attributable to Outdoor Ultrafine Particles with Increasing Prevalence of Electric Vehicles and Other Tailpipe-Related Emission Reduction Scenarios.

Toxicity-informed control of global PM2.5 emissions.

Short-term variations in summer temperatures and mental health-related emergency department visits in Ontario, Canada.

Prenatal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Components and Autism Risk in Childhood.

Within-city spatiotemporal variations in outdoor ultrafine particles and emergency room visits for cardiovascular outcomes.

Control of toxicity of fine particulate matter emissions in China.

Prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter composition and risk of cerebral palsy: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Traffic-related air pollution backcasting using convolutional neural network and long short-term memory approach.

Examining the social distributions in neighbourhood black carbon and ultrafine particles in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.

Exposure Science in a Changing Climate

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Frequent collaborators

Scott Weichenthal

Éric Lavigne

Hong Chen

Michael Brauer

Eric Crighton

Teresa To

Jill Baumgartner

Lawrence Joseph

Leora Simon

Audrey Smargiassi

Audrey Smargiassi

Mark Walker

Marianne Hatzopoulou

Marianne Hatzopoulou

Éric Lavigne

Mark Goldberg

Anna Gunz

Steven Hawken

Michal Abrahamowicz

Marie-Elise Parent

Michael Brauer

Éric Lavigne

Arijit Nandi

Alexandra Schmidt

Mark Walker

Stéphane Buteau

Jura Augustinavicius

Hong Chen

Nancy Ross

Prabhat Jha

Paul Villeneuve

Seungmi Yang

Paul Peters

Tom Kosatsky