Good news

Aparna has been invited to join BMC Public Health as an Associate Editor.

Research projects

The PFAS Health Study: The team is finalising details for the cross-sectional survey and blood serum study, as well as preparing ethics documentation and research protocols for the data linkage study.

Papers accepted/published:

Schnitter, R., Verret, M., Berry, P., Chung Tiam Fook, T., Hales, S., Lal, A., & Edwards, S. (2019). An assessment of climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation in Dominica. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(1), 70.

Lal A., Fearnley E., Wilford E. 2019. Local weather, flooding risk and childhood diarrhoea caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment (accepted 24 feb 2019)

Lucas RM, Yazar S , Young AR, Norval M, de Gruijl FR, Takizawa Y, Rhodes LE, Sinclair CA, Neale RE. Human health in relation to exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation under changing stratospheric ozone and climate. 2018 Quadrennial Assessment on the Interactions of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and climate change UNEP Nairobi 2019

Barnes P, Williamson C, Lucas RM, Madronich S et al. Contributions of the Montreal Protocol to a Sustainable Earth. 2018 Quadrennial Assessment on the Interactions of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and climate change. UNEP Nairobi 2019

Conference presentations

Rachael Rodney Harris was on the programming committee for the Australian Dairy Conference which was held in Canberra last week (19-21 Feb) and mentored the finalists for the Young Dairy Scientist Communication award.