Policy analyst

Sotiris Vardoulakis is inaugural Professor of Global Environmental Health and Leader of the Environment, Climate, and Health Group at the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. For more than 20 years, he has advised national and local governments and international organizations, such as the World Health Organization, the European Parliament, the UK Government, the Australian Department of Health, and the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on the health effects of climate change and air pollution, and on environmental sustainability, health impact assessment, and risk communication. Sotiris has been involved in numerous research projects, including field studies, environmental monitoring and modelling, epidemiology, risk assessment and policy analysis in Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. His main research interests include climate change, air pollution and health, sustainable cities, exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, occupational hygiene, and public health communication and policy.