A growing body of research is shedding light on environmental factors that negatively impact child and adolescent health. Intrigued by how these factors shape human choices and health outcomes, Caroline Barakat-Haddad, PhD, Assistant Professor in Environmental/Occupational Health in the Faculty of Health Sciences, is passionate about enhancing community health, contributing to health promotion, and shaping health policy. She is focused on identifying and examining relevant social and physical environmental determinants that influence child and adolescent health. An expert in air pollution and health, particularly the long-term health effects of childhood exposure to air quality, her research aims to develop ways to reduce regular exposure to negative environmental factors by strengthening health protection and promotion. Her research interests also include spatial patterns of health and health care, environmental epidemiology, population health, and health inequities. Before joining Ontario Tech University in 2014, she was an Assistant Professor and Discipline Representative for Health Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and an Assistant Professor in Health Sciences at Zayed University, Dubai. While at Zayed, she received the Provost’s Research Fellowship Award for her groundbreaking National Study of Population Health in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): Geographical Differences in Exposures and Outcomes. She examined differences in health status and environmental exposures across the seven emirates and among nationals and expatriates that reside in the UAE. Recently, Dr. Barakat-Haddad has joined forces with some of Canada’s most respected environmental, health, youth and educational organizations to create a Health Canada-funded video project for youth. The EduTox Video Challenge is designed to give youth a leadership voice to promote awareness and action to reduce environmental toxins. Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and Sport Canada, Dr. Barakat-Haddad is also collaborating on research to examine and address constraints to sport participation among ethnically diverse female adolescents. She earned her Doctorate in Medical Geography, and Environmental Health from the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She completed her Master of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto, and her Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the University of Toronto.