LEA BERRANG FORD - Department of Geography, McGill University

LEA BERRANG FORDInuit communities in Nunavik, Quebec.Spatial and temporal epidemiology of sleeping sickness in SE UgandaDoctoral work on the spatial and temporal determinants of sleeping sickness in SEUganda, in association with the International Livestock Research Institute (Nairobi,Kenya) and University of Guelph (Canada).Understanding Norovirus transmission on Canada’s West Coast.Project scoping, study design, workshop facilitation, spatial mapping, anddevelopment of a strategic action plan for Norovirus transmission on the west coast -contractual work with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), FWZI DivisionLivelihoods and Ecosystems International Workshop Series - CIDAWorkshop facilitation & development, with the Canadian International DevelopmentAgency (CIDA) and the University of Guelph.Public perceptions of climate change impacts on human health in the UK.Designed and implemented project, collected and analyzed data, and prepared reportfor survey-based project for completion of an MSc in Environmental Change andManagement, University of Oxford, UK.Water on Mars? Aerial photo interpretation of Martian fluvial featuresAerial photography interpretation assistance, in association with the University ofOxford Department of Geography and NASA.Watershed health and community management in the Hagan Creek-KennesWatershed, Sidney, BC.Research assistant, including watershed analyses, and community liaison for acommunity watershed project, in association with the Inst. of Ocean Sciences(Sidney, BC), and the Eco-research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy, U.Victoria.2002 – 20062004 – 200620052000 – 200120011998 – 1999Funding Grants and Academic Awards$4500 Strategic Seed Funding, Faculty of Science, McGill: “Science communicationstudent internship(s): climate change adaptation in developed nations” (2009-10)$142830 Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Research Grant (2009-2012). Title: Environmental change impacts on public health in Canada: anecosystem health approach$12500 CIHR Program Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Global HealthResearch, Research to Action in the Upper Amazon: Metals, nutrition and health ofindigenous people. Co-applicant (Principal Applicant: Dr. J. Webb) (2008)$6000 McGill Faculty of Science Excellence Fund: “Spatial Epidemiology and Health GISComputational Laboratory” (2008)$6000 McGill Faculty of Science Excellence Fund, Strengthening McGill-Africa ResearchCollaboration and Graduate Training (2008)Honour Jacques May Thesis Prize for top doctoral thesis in Medical Geography, AmericanAssociation of Geographers (2007)Honour 1 st place doctoral presentation, Ontario Veterinary College, U. of Guelph (2006)$20,000 Internat. Dev. Research Centre Canada, Doctoral Research Award (2004)$21,000 Nat. Science and Eng. Council of Canada PGS-B Graduate Award (2004)$5,000 Arthur D. Latornell Graduate Scholarship, U. of Guelph (2003)$1,000 Arthur D. Latornell Graduate Travel Grant, U. of Guelph (2003)$19,000 Nat. Science and Eng. Council of Canada PGS-A graduate award (2002)Honour University of Oxford, Degree with distinction (2001)Honour University of Guelph, Degree with distinction (2000)- 3 -