Alberta Laboratory Of Human and Aerosol (ALOHA)

ALOHA, abbreviated from Alberta Laboratory of Human and Aerosol, was established on Jan 15, 2024. With missions of improving the public awareness of the health effects of air pollutants, our lab are always keen on developing pertinent health indicators, implementing new measurement techniques for assessing health impacts in an easier and bulk-analysis-friendly manner, connecting the chemical composition and sources with the health effect of atmospheric pollutants, and discovering the interesting nature of those existences in exerting adverse health outcomes.

Prospective of ALOHA team.

Current Research Initiatives

Investigating the health effect of indoor-infiltrated wildfire PM2.5 using oxidative potential (OP) as a health indicator;
Connecting atmospheric organic aerosol (OA) with OP: roles of OA from different origins and with various composition;
Building a machine learning algorithm to predict the OP of PM2.5 using its chemical composition and/or source profiles;
Investigating the association between OP and cell toxicological response of wildfire-emitted PM2.5.

Sampling site at St. Albert, AB.