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Past Graduate Students

Emmanuel Bourdet

MSc student in Occupational and Environmental Health

(co-supervision)

Emmanuel started a master’s degree in Occupational and Environmental Health at the Université de Montréal in January 2021 under the supervision of Marc-André Verner and Élyse Caron-Beaudoin. During his research, Emmanuel investigated the associations between oil and gas activity and indoor radon concentrations in the EXPERIVA study.

Emmanuel holds a nursing degree from the Université de Bretagne Sud and the Centre Hospitalier de Vanne (France). In addition, Emmanuel is a certified registered nurse anesthetist (Master's degree, Université de la Réunion). Emmanuel has been practicing nursing in France and Île de la Réunion since 2013.

Yifan Wu

Master of Environmental Science student

Yifan started her Master of Environmental Science program at the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences (University of Toronto Scarborough) in September 2020. As part of this professional program, Yifan measured the levels of oxidative stress biomarkers in a cohort of pregnant women living near unconventional natural gas activity in Northeastern British Columbia.

Yifan holds a BSc from the University of Toronto, where she graduated with a Pharmacology and Toxicology Specialist Program and a Global Health Major.

Claudelle Dubeau

MSc student in Epidemiology (co-supervision)

Claudelle started a master’s degree in Epidemiology at Université Laval in September 2017 under Mélanie Lemire's supervision. Claudelle graduated in 2021. Her thesis project looked at the quality of nutrition among children and youth in four First Nations communities in Quebec. It focuses on the correlation between diet quality and exposure to contaminants in ultra-processed foods.

Claudelle’s interest in global and environmental health stems primarily from her experiences abroad and her love of nature and the outdoors.