Key research themes
1. How do extreme climate events directly and indirectly affect human health outcomes and healthcare systems?
This research area investigates the multifaceted health impacts of climate change-induced extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods, droughts, storms, and wildfires. It focuses on quantifying morbidity and mortality related to these extremes, understanding pathophysiological mechanisms, and assessing their burden on health infrastructures and vulnerable populations. This theme matters as the frequency and intensity of these extremes are projected to increase, challenging preparedness, resilience, and equitable healthcare delivery worldwide.
2. What role does knowledge, perception, and health professional education play in enabling effective climate change health adaptation and mitigation?
This theme explores how awareness, understanding, and risk perception among health professionals and communities impact readiness and capacity to respond to health effects of climate change. The focus includes educational interventions, knowledge gaps, and how health workers and societies can become agents of change. It matters because informed and empowered stakeholders are critical for implementing climate-health adaptation, effective communication, and influencing policy.
3. How can integrated environmental data, exposome approaches, and quantitative risk assessment frameworks improve understanding and policy development for climate change-related health risks?
This theme covers methodological advancements that link climate data, environmental exposures, and health outcomes using novel integrative tools like exposomics, statistical risk modeling, and systematic global impact frameworks. Emphasizing interdisciplinary data integration and quantitative metrics, research in this area advances evidence-based policy-making, vulnerability assessment, and development of early warning systems to enhance climate-health resilience.