Dr. Egide Kalisa

Address

519.661.211 ext: 86262

Contact Information

Call:+1 647 507 7136

Email:ekalisa2@uwo.ca

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EDUCATION

1. Postdoctoral Fellow (2022), Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga
   – Title: Children Exposure to air pollution at schools in Canada and Africa
2. Ph.D. (2019) Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
   -Title: Chemical and Biological characterization of air particulate matter in Japan, New Zealand, and Rwanda as case studies
3. MSc (2014) Air Pollution Management and Control, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
   -Title: Quantification of the impacts of temperature on air pollution during past heatwave events in the West Midlands
4. BSc (2013) Biology, National University of Rwanda, Rwanda
   -Title: Rwandan Population’s Willingness to Pay for Ecosystem Services

Positions

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University of Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
   
2. Research Scientist, Air Quality Research Division, Environment Canada and Climate Change, Ontario, Canada
   
3. Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Air Quality and Health), University of Toronto, School of Geography, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   
4. Lecturer, School of Science, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
   .Air Quality and Climate Change Project lead Consultant, Rwanda Environmental Management Authority. Kigali, Rwanda
   
5. Country Coordinator (Virtual), Clean Cooking Implementation Science Network. United Nations, USA
   

Pronouns: He/Him
Assistant Professor-Environmental Health

Dr Egide Kalisa is an early career researcher. His research is connected to his own story; the effect of air pollution and climate change in his life has motivated him to improve conditions not only in his home country of Rwanda but also in Africa as a whole, including sub-Saharan Africa, where air pollution emissions are high, and data are lacking. His specific areas of focus are air pollution impacts of urban form and exploring the relationships between the chemical and biological composition of the air people breathe. Dr Kalisa research applies air pollution science, analyzes large datasets to understand the spatial and temporal variation of air pollution and develops effective strategies to improve local and regional air quality policy measures. His long-term research objective is to design rigorous research on air pollution health effects and perform more comprehensive studies on the population’s health outcomes associated with air pollution exposure and disseminate interventions for reducing the exposure to air pollution and associated adverse health outcomes in low-income communities.

Dr. Kalisa conducted research in Environment and Health in different countries, including Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda and the United Kingdom. He was selected for the 2024 Voice for Science Communication recipient by American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2021 Global Emerging Leader Award, Forgaty-NIH-USA, the 2023 Award of the Most Outstanding Research Contribution to addressing the national societal challenge provided by the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) and the best Publisher Award of the University of Rwanda. Dr Kalisa have supervised 13 graduate trainees, including three Ph.D. students, two MSc students, and eight undergraduate students. His multidisciplinary research program has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Principal Investigator), The World Academy of Sciences (Principal Investigator), the National Council for Science and Technology, Rwanda (Principal Investigator), UK-Royal Society (Principal Investigator), Centre of Urban Environment, University of Toronto (Principal Investigator) and Global Challenges Research Fund (Co-Applicant). His experience of conducting research in five geographic regions (i.e. North America, Europe, Oceania, Asia, and Africa) and speaking both English and French also uniquely positions him to mentor students with research interests in the five regions.

Awards

2024	Voice for Science Communication recipients, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
2023	Award of the Most Outstanding Research Contribution to addressing the national societal challenge provided by the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), the Government of Rwanda
2021	Global Emerging Leader Award, Forgaty-NIH-USA
2021	Postdoctoral Leadership Award, University of Toronto, Canada.
2019	Best Research Publisher of the Year Award in Rwanda, Award provided by the University of Rwanda.
2018	Best PhD student oral presentation, Auckland University of Technology PostgraduateResearch Showcase, New Zealand.
2018	Gold Category in the Commonwealth Scholarship, Mid-Year Ph.D. student monitoring, New Zealand.
2017	Gold Category in the Commonwealth Scholarship, Mid-Year Ph.D. student monitoring, New Zealand.
2017	Best poster presentation, International Conference Young Research in atmospheric pollution, Kanazawa University, Japan.
2016	Gold Category in the Commonwealth Scholarship, Mid-Year Ph.D. student monitoring, New Zealand.
2016	Commonwealth Ph.D. Scholarship in New Zealand.
2014	Outstanding Academic Performance Achievement, Rwanda High Education.
2010	Rwanda Education Board BSc Scholarship
2005	Global Fund Rwanda High School Scholarship.