Russell Forrset is a PhD student in the Epidemiology Division of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. His doctoral research examines the relationship between ambient air pollution exposure and healthcare utilization among Canadians with anxiety and depressive disorders. Concurrently, he serves as an epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Russell’s broader research interests encompass environmental epidemiology, climate change health impacts, infectious diseases, and applications of artificial intelligence in public health.