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Blanca Paniello

Blanca Paniello

Predoctoral Researcher Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health https://blancapaniello.com/

Blanca Paniello Castillo is a biomedical scientist and public health professional with a specialization in epidemiology who obtained her BSc from the University of Barcelona and her MMSc from Karolinska Institute.

She has actively participated in diverse research and advocacy initiatives, spanning molecular research at institutions like the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and the Medical University of Vienna, as well as epidemiological studies conducted Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Karolinska Institutet, and the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS) at Uppsala University. Notably, her work in the latter two organizations involved network analysis development for studies, including risk perception regarding climate-related hazards.

Blanca's contributions extend to planetary health initiatives with organizations like the WHO, Global Climate Health Alliance (GCHA), and Clean Air Fund, where she primarily focused on analyzing the integration of health and air pollution within National Determined Contributions (NDCs).

Beyond her professional commitments, Blanca is dedicated to volunteer work and serves as a co-founder and committed member of Women in Global Health – Spain.

She joined ISGlobal as part of the EARLY-ADAPT (ERC-CoG) team, also assisting the ADATES project. She will write her doctoral thesis on how socioeconomic factors can explain the differences in adaptation towards climate change in Europe. 

Lines of research

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Climate Change
  • Socio-economic determinants 
  • Gender

Main publications

  • Paniello-Castilllo, B., et al. (2026). Socioeconomic inequality drivers of vulnerability and burden to heat- and cold-related mortality. Nature Health. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44360-026-00106-0
  • Achebak, H., Paniello-Castillo, B., et al. (2026) Disentangling urban vulnerability to rising temperatures. The Lancet Planetary Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101451
  • Chen Z-Y., Achebak, H., Huang, W., Paniello-Castillo, B., et al. (2026). Socioeconomic and energy transition disparities in air pollution-related mortality across Europe. Nature Medicine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04293-x
  • Paniello-Castillo, B., et al. (2025). Regional changes in temperature-related mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A continental modelling analysis in 805 European regions. Environmental Research. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393512500948X?via%3Dihub
  • Paniello-Castillo, B., et al. (2025). Risk perception of climate change and global crises: Influences of socio-economic drivers and political orientations. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05349-y
  • Paniello-Castillo, B., et al. (2025). Exploring public risk perception of multiple hazards through network analysis. Cell Reports Sustainability. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S294979062500120X?via%3Dihub
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