Anne Hicks completed a BSc and MSc in microbiology at the University of British Columbia and PhD in microbiology at the University of Alberta. She received her MD and FRCPC (Pediatrics and Pediatric Respiratory Medicine) at the University of Calgary. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. Research interests include the impact of environmental exposure, particularly air pollution, on pediatric pulmonary development and asthma. She leads the Children’s Environmental Health Clinic at the University of Alberta and serves as co-Director of the Alberta Respiratory Centre and a member of the American Thoracic Society Environmental Health Policy Committee.