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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 2025

Expressions of Interest for the HEAL Future Leaders School (FLS) 2025 are now closed. The successful applicants have been notified, please check your inbox.

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HEAL Investigators Webinar - CE4HEAL 29/4

This presentation will outline CE4HEAL key findings, what were the challenges and enablers from both Australia and India in promoting the use of solar energy. Date: Tuesday 29th April Time: 2pm-3pm (AEST)

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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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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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