Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health
University of Toronto Scarborough
Principal Investigator
Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, PhD
Assistant Professor in Environmental Health
Department of Health and Society
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences
University of Toronto Scarborough
Graduate cross-appointment - Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
CIHR Postdoctoral fellow, Université de Montréal School of Public Health (2018-2020)
FRQS Postdoctoral fellow, Université de Montréal School of Public Health (2017-2018)
PhD in biology (toxicology), INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier (2012-2017)
MSc in biology (ecotoxicology), UQAM (2010-2012)
BSc in biology, UQAM (2007-2010)
Current Graduate Students
Jannie Leung
PhD student in Environmental Science
Jannie started her PhD in Environmental Science program at the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences (University of Toronto Scarborough) in September 2023. During her PhD, Jannie will investigate the health impacts of exposure to different types of oil and gas development in Canada: unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) in British Columbia (BC) and abandoned conventional oil and gas wells (AOG) in Ontario.
Jannie holds a BSc in biology from the University of British Columbia, and an MSC in community health and epidemiology from the University of Saskatchewan. Jannie worked as an epidemiologist in various public health agencies across the country. Jannie currently holds a prestigious Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
Matthew Day
PhD candidate in Environmental Science
Matthew completed the MEnvSc program at the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences (University of Toronto Scarborough) in September 2022. As part of this professional program, Matthew measured the levels of various oxidative stress biomarkers and antioxidant enzymes in the EXPERIVA cohort. His PhD project investigates how air pollutants, aeroallergens, and the air microbiome impact oxidative stress and inflammation pathways in asthma. To study this question, Matthew is developing a cellular co-culture model of the human airway and exposing the model to various air profiles along a latitudinal gradient in Canada.
Matthew holds a BSc in Life Sciences from Queen's University and a MEnvSc in Environmental Science from the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Coreen Daley
PhD candidate in Environmental Science
Coreen started her PhD in Environmental Science program at the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences (University of Toronto Scarborough) in September 2021. During her PhD, Coreen will use chemical transport models, phase-specific density and proximity metrics, environmental and biomonitoring data to estimate exposure to contaminants associated with unconventional natural gas exploitation in Northeastern British Columbia.
Coreen holds a MEnvSc in Environmental Science and a HBSc in Environment Health and Immunology from the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Ghida Baalbaki
PhD candidate in biology (co-supervision)
Ghida started her PhD in biology at INRS - Institut Armand Frappier in January 2021, under the supervision of Géraldine Delbès, Cathy Vaillancourt and Élyse Caron-Beaudoin. Ghida will research the endocrine disrupting effects of environmentally-relevant concentrations of contaminants associated with hydraulic fracturing on fetal development.
After a bachelor degree in “Life and Earth Sciences-Biochemistry” at Saint-Joseph University of Beyrouth, Ghida completed a 2 year Masters at the University of Paris, where she was specialized in ‘Cellular Biology, Physiology and Pathology: Reproduction and development’. In her first year, Ghida worked on the impact of freezing on the integrity of spermatic chromatin at the Reproductive biology laboratory at Poissy hospital. Then, Ghida did her second year internship at the Neurodevelopment laboratory at Robert Debré hospital to understand the synaptic role of a poorly characterized Golgi protein whose genetic deficiency causes a neurodevelopmental disease.
Hiba Azher
MSc student in Environmental Science
Hiba started her MSc in Environmental Science at the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences (University of Toronto Scarborough) in May 2026. During her MSc, Hiba will investigate the sex-specific responses to oxidative stress in primary human lung fibroblasts and airway epithelial cells.
Hiba holds an HBSc in Life Sciences (specialization in pharmacology and biomedical toxicology) from the University of Toronto.
Avery Murrell
MPH student in Occupational and Environmental Health
Avery began her MPH in Occupational and Environmental Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto) in September 2025. She will be investigating whether birth outcomes in the EXPERIVA cohort have been influenced by wildfire smoke and ambient air pollution.
Avery holds an HBSc in Life Sciences from the University of Toronto, with specializations in human biology and cell biology.