Faculty of Medicine and Health

About us

<p>Meet our heat and health specialists</p>

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Our philosophy in the Heat and Health Research Centre is that diverse areas of expertise are essential to understanding the complex impacts of extreme heat and hot weather on human health across the human lifespan and is critical to generating comprehensive and sustainable solutions.

Members of the Heat and Health Research Centre are comprised of multi-disciplinary academics and research partners transcending all areas of expertise.

In addition, central to our mission is connecting senior and early-to-mid-career researchers from a diverse array of academic backgrounds to produce the latest scientific evidence so that we can nurture future leaders in Heat and Health.

Our people

  • Professor Ollie Jay, Director
  • Dr Felicity Bright, Centre Manager

Advisory Group Members:

  • Professor Camille Raynes-Greenow, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health (Deputy Associate Dean, Research)
  • Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick, Chief Medical Officer- Australian Olympic Team/Tennis Australia
  • Professor Andrew McLachlan, Head of Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Professor David Schlosberg, Director - Sydney Environment Institute 
  • Professor Jaime Miranda, Head of Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Associate Professor Ying Zhang, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Dr Stephen Conaty, Director – Environmental Health Branch, NSW Health 
  • Emma Bacon, Director – Sweltering Cities 
  • Associate Professor Shailendra Sawleshwarkar, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health
  • Mrs Peta Magee – Executive Director – Development, Health and Medical Sciences, Division of Alumni & Development
  • Professor Donald McNeil – Associate Dean (Research), School of Architecture, Design and Planning 

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We have appointed theme leaders for our five priority research themes. The development of each theme is supported by a senior mentor.

Maternal and child health

Physical activity, sport and occupational health

Ageing and chronic diseases

Landscapes and the built environment 

Humanitarian settings

Commercialisation and industry partnership lead

Faculty of Medicine and Health

School of Architecture, Planning and Design

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

 

 

To build engagement with external partners we also prioritise commercialisation and building industry partnerships.

  • Commercialisation lead: Dr Grant Lynch - Sydney School of Health Sciences
  • Mentor: Nick McKay – Manager of Research Enterprise in the Faculty of Medicine and Health

Our partners

  • Cricket Australia
  • Google
  • National Rugby League
  • Nike
  • Tennis Australia
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • 4Design
  • Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation  
  • Australasian College for Emergency Medicine  
  • Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care 
  • Australian Olympic Committee  
  • Australian Red Cross  
  • Department of Health, Victoria  
  • Doctors for the Environment  
  • Global Heat and Health Information Network (GHHIN)  
  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (Bangladesh)  
  • International Olympic Committee  
  • Lancet Global Countdown on Health and Climate Change  
  • Médecins Sans Frontières  
  • Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District  
  • NSW Health  
  • Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)  
  • Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research (India)  
  • Southwestern Sydney Local Health District  
  • Sports Medicine Australia  
  • Sweltering Cities  
  • Sydney Alliance  
  • Sydney Children’s Hospital Network  
  • UNICEF  
  • Western Sydney Community Forum  
  • Western Sydney Regional of Councils (WSROC) 
  • Angie Bone, Monash University (Australia)
  • Anthony Capon, Monash University (Australia)
  • Calae Philippe, Ministry of Health and Wellness, (USA)  
  • Chao Ren, Hong Kong University (Hong Kong)
  • Charlie Huizenga, Centre for the Built Environment, Berkeley (USA) 
  • Clayton Miller, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  • Craig Crandall, UT Southwestern (USA)
  • Daniel Gagnon, Montreal Heart Institute (Canada)  
  • Ed Arens, UC Berkeley (USA)
  • George Havenith, Loughborough University, UK)
  • Haidong Kan, Fudan University (China)
  • Hui Zhang, UC Berkeley, (USA)
  • Jane Baldwin, UC Irvine, (USA)  
  • Jane Hirst, University of Oxford (UK)
  • Jason Lee, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  • Jean Palutikof, Griffith University (Australia) 
  • Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State University (USA) 
  • Jianlei Niu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
  • John Nairn, World Meteorological Organisation (Switzerland)
  • Joy Shumake-Guillemot, World Health Organization (Switzerland)
  • Julien Periard, University of Canberra (Australia)
  • Kristie Ebi, University of Washington (USA) 
  • Lacy Alexander, Penn State University (USA) 
  • Larry Kenney, Penn State University (USA) 
  • Lars Nybo, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • Marina Romanello, Lancet Countdown, University College London (UK) 
  • Mario Frei, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  • Md Joarder, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (Bangladesh)
  • Michael Sawka, Georgia Tech University (USA)
  • Nathan Morris, University of Colorado (USA)
  • Nicholas Ravanelli, Lakehead University (Canada)
  • Peng Bi, University of Adelaide (Australia)
  • Poornima Prabhakaran, CDC (India)  
  • Sanjay Zodpey, Public Health Foundation of India (India)
  • Sarah Carter, Charles Darwin University (Australia)
  • Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, UNSW Canberra  (Australia)
  • Sari Kovats, London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine  (UK)
  • Saurav Basu, Public Health Foundation of India (India)
  • Simon Hodder, Loughborough University (UK)
  • Stefano Schiavon, Centre for the Built Environment (USA)
  • Wenbiao Hu,  Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
  • Yuming Guo, Monash University (Australia)

Contact us

Email
heat.health.research@sydney.edu.au

Mailing address
Susan Wakil Health Building
University of Sydney,
Camperdown, NSW 2006