The Social Science faculty at Western University in London, Ont. recently conducted research focusing on why teens continue to vape, despite research showing the medical implications of it.
Dr. Isaac Luginaah is a Professor of Geography at Western University. Dr. Luginaah has been a member of the Advisory Committee for the Africa Institute at Western since (2014). Among others, in 2008, he was recognized by the Canadian Association of Geographers with the Julian M. Szeicz Award for Early Career Achievement. In 2014, Dr. Luginaah was inducted into The Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars. His broad areas of research interests include: environment and health, population health and GIS applications in health. Dr. Luginaah`s work involves an integrative understanding of the broad determinants of the population health and the evidence of environment and health linkages. He is specifically interested in the human health impacts of environmental exposure, and his recent work in this area involves examining the links between ambient air quality and health in Southwestern Ontario. He is also involved in HIV/AIDS research in Africa, specifically Kenya, Ghana and Ni