About me
Erica Phipps, MPH, PhD, is a long-time advocate for strategies to improve children’s health and well-being by reducing toxic chemicals and other environmental hazards in the places where they live, play, learn and grow. She serves as the Executive Director of the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE), a national collaboration of organizations that work together to advance children’s environmental health protection (healthyenvironmentforkids.ca). She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa where she co-leads a national research consortium focused on prenatal environmental health. With a passion for collaborative approaches, much of Erica’s work focuses on fostering intersectoral relationships and co-creating strategies towards the vision of healthy and sustainable environments for all children.