Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health
Research

Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health

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The programme aims to strengthen the evidence base in the field of climate change and urban exposure effects on health, and to assess the co-benefits of climate action on health. We focus on exposures such as noise, air pollution, temperature and green spaces, and on outcomes such as premature mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory health, and cognitive function. This research is complemented by computational models of global climate variation and tipping points and their impact on health. The ultimate goal is to support (urban) healthy living and to forecast and mitigate the health impacts of climate change.

We use tools such as geographic information systems, satellite data and smartphone technology for exposure assessment, participatory citizen science, health impact assessment, computational modelling and forecasting. Our international leadership extends to areas such as the health co-benefits of climate action, green spaces and health, air pollution epidemiology, the health impact of urban and transport planning, citizen science, and modelling climate variation in the transmission of infectious diseases.

 

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Our Team

Leadership

  • Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen
    Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen Research Professor, Scientific Director of the Severo Ochoa Programme, and Director of the Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative

Administrator

Principal lnvestigators of the Programme

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Highlighted Projects

TwinAir

Digital Twins Enabled Indoor Air Quality Management for Healthy Living

CATALYSE

Climate Action To Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe

RECETAS project

RECETAS

Re-imagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces

REMEDHY project

REMEDHY

Researching Environments that Magnify Health Everyday

ACTIVID

ACTIVID

Impact of the health crisis due to COVID-19 on Physical Activity and Mental Health in Spain

CHAI

Cardiovascular Health effects of Air pollution in Andhra Pradesh, India

Other projects

ONES

Fine Particle Matter, Fetal Growth, and Neurodevelopment: Examining Critical Windows of Susceptibility