"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
- Indigenous American Proverb
Ghose Visiting Scholar Public Lecture
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Dr. Wicklum is a specialist in family medicine and is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Cumming School of Medicine and member of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health. Wicklum has a wealth of research experience in planetary health, obesity management, family medicine, Indigenous women’s health care and rural medicine. Wicklum is passionate about helping others adopt a planetary health lens in their health-care practice.
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The purpose of the Dr. Tarunendu Ghose Visiting Scholar in Global Health is to encourage a greater understanding of global health in many of its contexts. Global health prioritizes improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide and emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants and solutions.
About Daniel
I'm a professor in health promotion, a member of the Healthy Populations Institute, and flagship project co-lead, Creating Sustainable Health Systems in a Climate Crisis, at Dalhousie University. I work with a fantastic team of trainees and colleagues to explore the relationships between the quality of the environment and human health. The quality of the environment can be beneficial, like when we take time to immerse ourselves in nature; or, it can be detrimental such as when we are exposed to harmful contaminants.
My research is focused on measuring the characteristics of the environment, investigating how these characteristics affect our health, and experimenting with solutions and interventions toward a sustainable, healthy lifespan. If this type of work sounds interesting or even fascinating to you then please get in touch.
I'm always looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join or support the team. Opportunities.
