Sarah Gergel, Professor, Landscape Ecology & Conservation

Landscape Ecology Lab, Forest and Conservation Sciences

Ingrid Jarvis, CIHR CGS-D, 4YF

Biography

PhD candidate (Forestry), University of British Columbia, 2017-present

BSc (Natural Resources Conservation Hons.), University of British Columbia, 2016

BA (Psychology), University of British Columbia, 2012

Research Interests

My research interests include urban ecology, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being. In my current research project, I investigate how environmental exposures, including green and blue spaces, influence the health and development of Metro Vancouver residents. By linking existing health data to high resolution land cover and land use maps, I identify potential differences in health associations depending on different types of natural environments (e.g., vegetation and water) and forms of human-nature contact (access to parks versus residential exposure). I also explore regulating ecosystem services of urban nature by analyzing potential indirect health benefits of nature exposure through reduction of air pollution and noise. 

In the future, I hope to extend my research to examine whether natural environments can contribute to alleviating health consequences of socioeconomic inequalities.

Publications

Jarvis, I., Sbihi, H., Davis, Z., Brauer, M., Czekajlo, A., Davies, H. W., Gergel, S. E, Guhn, M., Jerrett, M., Koehoorn, M., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T. F., Su. J., & van den Bosch, M. (2022). The influence of early-life residential exposure to different vegetation types and paved surfaces on early childhood development: A population-based birth cohort study. Environment International163, 107196. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVINT.2022.107196

Yuchi, W., Brauer, M., Czekajlo, A., Davies, H. W., Davis, Z., Guhn, M., Jarvis, I., Jerrett, M., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T. F., Sbihi, H., Su, J., & van den Bosch, M. (2022). Neighborhood environmental exposures and incidence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A population-based cohort study. Environment International161, 107120. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVINT.2022.107120

Jarvis, I., Davis, Z., Sbihi, H., Brauer, M., Czekajlo, A., Davies, H. W., Gergel, S. E., Guhn, M., Jerrett, M., Koehoorn,M., Oberlander, T. F., Su, J., & van den Bosch, M. (2021). Assessing the association between lifetime exposure to greenspace and early childhood development and the mediation effects of air pollution and noise in Canada: a population-based birth cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5, e709-e717. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(21)00235-7

Davis, Z., Guhn, M., Jarvis, I., Jerrett, M., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T. F., Sbihi, H., Su, J., & van den Bosch, M. (2021). The association between natural environments and childhood mental health and development: A systematic review and assessment of different exposure measurements. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 235, 113767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113767

Jarvis, I., Koehoorn, M., Gergel, S. E., & van den Bosch, M. (2020). Different types of urban natural environments influence various dimensions of self-reported health. Environmental Research186, 109614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109614

Jarvis, I., Gergel, S. E., Koehoorn, M., & van den Bosch, M. (2020). Greenspace access does not correspond to nature exposure: Measures of urban natural space with implications for health research. Landscape and Urban Planning194, 103686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103686

van den Bosch, M., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Davies, H. W., Davis, Z., Guhn, M., Jarvis, I., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T. F., Rugel, E., Sbihi, H., Su, J., & Jerrett, M. (2018). Born to be Wise: a population registry data linkage protocol to assess the impact of modifiable early-life environmental exposures on the health and development of children. BMJ Open8(12), e026954. https://doi.org/10.1136/BMJOPEN-2018-026954

Arbellay, E., Jarvis, I., Chavardès, R. D., Daniels, L. D., & Stoffel, M. (2018). Tree-ring proxies of larch bud moth defoliation: Latewood width and blue intensity are more precise than tree-ring width. Tree Physiology38(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpy057

Contact Info

ingrid.jarvis@ubc.ca

 

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