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Dr Liz Hanna RN (Alfred), RCCN, BA ( La Trobe), MPH (Sydney), PhD (La Trobe), FRCNA Current Position: Fellow Co-Convenor, and Coordinator Rural Impacts Research Climate Change Adaptation Research Network - Human Health and National Convenor Environmental Health, Public Health Association of Australia Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T:+61 2 6125 5626 F: +61 6125 0740 Email

Research Interests

• Climate change – impacts on vulnerable communities
• Rural health
• Interplay between human health, sustainability and earth systems
• Environmental Health Risk Assessment
• Health Impact Assessment
• Decision making in health protection
• Children's' environmental health
• Chemical exposures and the chemical management framework
• Environmental health skills among the primary health care workforce
• Community engagement in civil society and policy development

Selected Recent Publications

Homer CSE, Hanna EG, McMichael AJ. Climate change threatens the achievement of the millennium development goal for maternal health. Midwifery. 2009; 25 (6): 606-12. Epub 17 October

Capon AG, Hanna EG. Climate change; an emerging health issue. NSW Public Health Bulletin. 2009; Jan-Feb;20(1-2):1-4.   http://www.publish.csiro.au/view/journals/dsp_journal_fulltext.cfm?nid=226&f=NB08068

Bennett CM, Parker E, Hanna L, Yeatman H, Lilley K . Pathways for public health education. Australasian Epidemiologist. September 2008; 15(2): 19–34 .

Sly P, Hanna E, Giles-Corti B, Immig J, McMichael AJ. Environmental Threats to the Health of Children in Australia: The Need for a National Research Agenda. ARACY ARC/NHMRC Research Network. Telethon Institute for Children Health Research. WHO Collaborating Centre for Children's Environmental Health. 2008 http://www.aracy.org.au/AM/Common/pdf/SF2%20Seed%20Funding%20Sly%20Paper.pdf

Hanna L. The Public Consultation Process and the NICNAS Existing Chemical Review. NICNAS. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing. Canberra 2007.

Hanna L. 2007 Public Health Association of Australia Submission to the Productivity Commission Chemicals and Plastics Regulation Issues Paper. http://www.pc.gov.au/study/chemicalsandplastics/docs/submissions

Hanna L. Partnership based approach to national chemicals management: Case study from Australia : NICNAS Community Engagement Charter. Invited paper for United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Thematic Working Group on Governance and Civil Society Participation & Strengthening Partnerships SAICM. United Nations Institute for Training and Research. 19-21 June 2006 Geneva , Switzerland http://www2.unitar.org/cwm/tw/tw10-3.html http://www2.unitar.org/cwm/publications/cw/tw/tw10/written/labour/NICNAS_Community_Engagement_Forum_Liz_Hanna.pdf

Hanna L . Support funding for Australian rural and remote health workforce: a medical – nursing mismatch. Aust J of Primary Health. 2001; 7(1): 9-15.