Telfer Professor Obtains a Research Contract with Health Canada

Professor Kevin Brand received funding from Health Canada for a research project entitled Issues in the Analysis and Interpretation of Effects of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy. The contract started in October 2010 and received $24,915.

The objectives of the research are to review literature on air pollution and life expectancy, review the methodologies and results of two approaches used to calculate and estimate the number of air pollution attributable deaths and make recommendations on the application and interpretation of these methods.