Jill Baumgartner

Jill Baumgartner is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University. She studies exposure to environmental pollutants and their effects on human health in the context of urbanization and development. Her publications appear in top journals in environmental health as we as interdisciplinary journals including PNAS, Lancet, and Nature Energy. She was recognized as “an extraordinary scientist under age 40” by World Economic Forum (2018) and received FRQS and CIHR Investigator Awards (2015, 2021), McGill’s Maude Abbott Award for research excellence in early career (2016), and a Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy Fellowship (2019). Her group's research has been covered by major media outlets including the New York Times, NPR, CBC, Scientific American, and The Guardian. She also serves as an Associate Editor for Atmospheric Environment. Dr. Baumgartner holds a joint Ph.D. in Population Health Science and Environment & Resources from the University of Wisconsin‐Madison and a Masters in Population and International Health from Harvard University.