Extreme Heat and Pregnancy Complications (EHPC): Harnessing the diverse Australian climate and population for global answers

Project description

This project brings together a group from around Australia, many who are members of the Health Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network. The project is transdisciplinary with qualitative, environmental epidemiology and discovery science working together to establish who is most at risk, what climate conditions increase risk, and why extreme heat causes pregnancy complications. Working with community members and other stakeholders we will co-design approaches to minimise the adverse effects of extreme heat in pregnancy. This will include health education for individuals, health organisations and health care workers, identification of clinical applications and new public health and policy approaches so that we can all be better prepared for, prevent, and respond to the problems caused by exposure to extreme heat in pregnancy.


Project Team
A/Prof
Caitlin Wyrwoll
TBC
A/Prof
Supriya Mathew
Menzies School of Health Research
Dr
Erin Kelty
TBC
Prof
Kerrie Mengersen
Queensland University of Technology
Prof
Jane Pillow
TBC
Dr
Matthew Payne
TBC
Prof
Christine Phillips
The Australian National University
Prof
Michael Kearney
TBC
Prof
Shane Maloney
TBC
A/Prof
Brad Farrant
Telethon Kids Institute
A/Prof
Veronica Matthews
University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
Dr
Holger Unger
TBC
Prof
Scott White
TBC
Dr
Silvana Gaudieri
TBC
A/Prof
Alexander Larcombe
Telethon Kids Institute
Prof
Peter Le Souef
TBC
Dr
Carrington Shepherd
TBC
Prof
Sotiris Vardoulakis
University of Canberra
Funder

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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