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The Healthy Environments and Lives Network is a catalyst for research, knowledge exchange, and translation into policy and practice to bring measurable improvements to our health, the Australian health system, and the environment.

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HEAL Future Leaders School

Expressions of interest for the HEAL Future Leaders School 2025 close today, Friday 4th April 2025.

Building on the 2024 HEAL Future Leaders School, this year's residential school will bring together the successful EMCR applicants from across the Network to Canberra for a week of expert panels, roundtables, classroom lectures, problem-based learning, joint sessions with the HEAL Leadership Executives, site visits and more!

There are limited spaces for HEAL-funded and -affiliated EMCRs to attend. Apply today to secure your spot!

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Seeking volunteers for wood heater smoke in Penrith

Seeking volunteers aged 12 years and over who have asthma and who live in the Penrith area in a home which uses a wood heater or an electric heater in winter.

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HEAL Future Leaders School 2025

Expressions of interest now open for the 2025 HEAL Future Leaders School. The 5 day residential school held in Canberra from 19th-23rd May aims to empower future leaders in the broader health sector to counter climate change and improve public health in Australia.

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First Edition 2025

Read the latest news on the exciting research and events happening within the HEAL Network

HEAL Mentorship Program

HEAL EMCR Mentorship Program is now open. Mentors and Mentees are invited to register to the program.

New $5 million CANBREATHE project - funded by Wellcome

Climate and health tools to communicate the impacts from bushfires and associated smoke haze to priority populations in the face of climate change.

2024 HEAL Innovation Fund Awarded

Congratulations to the 2024 HEAL Innovation Fund recipients! A total of $430,772 was awarded to 11 HEAL Innovation Fund Applicants at the 2024 HEAL Conference.

December 2024

Read the latest news on the exciting research and events happening within the HEAL Network

2024 HEAL Conference

The HEAL Network hosted its annual conference from 26-28 November 2024 with the theme of "Healing with Country for a Sustainable Future for Everyone". The hybrid conference was delivered online nationally and internationally, and in-person at eight regional nodes across Australia, providing multiple avenues for delegates to participate and connect with each other. The recordings and e-Poster presentations from the HEAL2024 Conference now available online.

Why Australian homes are so cold

Dr Nicole Willand speaks to ABC News and The Guardian on why Australia lags when it comes to indoor heating standards and what we can do to warm our homes.

Phasing out wood heaters to pave the way to cleaner air

We acknowledge the HEAL (Healthy Environments And Lives) National Research Network, which receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change (Grant No. 2008937).

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