Health challenge
Health challenge
Environment and Human Health
What was the Environment and Human Health programme?
The Environment & Human Health Programme identified a number of areas of interest around environmental pollutants and organisms with the potential to harm human health. These issues spanned many scientific disciplines. The programme aimsed to build multi- and inter-disciplinary research capacity to tackle problems that we face not only in the UK but also globally. A number of different activities were identified to build capacity.
Rapid Diagnosis Could Transform Healthcare
Handheld devices to detect infectious diseases fast.
Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards
What is Increasing Resilience to natural hazards in volcanic and earth-quake prone regions?
Environmental and Social Ecology of Human Infectious Diseases Initiative (ESEI)
What is this activity?
Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID)
Background
A Breath of Fresher Air
Raising the Bar on Risk
The Risk Centre: providing the foresight needed to deal with challenges such as avian flu.
Urban Atmospheric Science: Clean Air for London
What is the Clean Air for London project?
This is a research project to improve air quality in London.
See story on LWEC website.
What will the project do?
Poor air quality in urban areas has a bad effect on human health. Air pollutants include particulates, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and heat.
Reducing Uncertainty in Models for Environmental Decision-Making
What is the Reducing Uncertainty in Models for Environmental Decision-Making study?
This is a scoping study to inform a larger research activity - the study is now complete and the findings will be announced shortly.
What will the study look at?
The scoping study aimed to identify the priority areas requiring investment to take forward research on human health in a changing environment. This is where pollutants and pathogens pose a significant risk of harm to human health or the wider environment.
Environmental Exposure and Health Initiative (EEHI)
What is the Environmental Exposure and Health Initiative?
Background
Growing populations and urbanisation are leading to increased pressures on ecosystem services and human health, including adverse health effects of contaminated water, land, food and air.
This is caused by a variety of pollutants such as endocrine disruptors, drugs, pesticides, or particulates, often combined with other environmental and dietary stressors such as increased temperature and a diet low in anti-oxidants.