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., Gergel, S., 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 Planning, 194, 103686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103686
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 Research, 186, 109614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109614
van den Bosch, M., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Davies, H. W., Davis, Z., Guhn, M., Jarvis, I., Nesbitt, L., Oberlander, T., 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 Open, 8(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 Physiology, 38(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpy057
Contact Info
ingrid.jarvis@ubc.ca
