Research fellow

Dr. Mahsan Sadeghi, a recipient of the CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) fellowship, is currently a Research Fellow in CSIRO's Energy Business Unit. Her work centres on addressing the challenges of residential overheating and enhancing occupant thermal comfort and health. With temperatures soaring during Australian summers, residential overheating has become a pressing concern, leading to discomfort, health issues, and even mortality in extreme cases. Dr. Sadeghi's research aims to develop a climate-sensitive model for a future Australian thermal comfort standard to mitigate these risks. With a background in architecture, Dr. Sadeghi earned her Ph.D. from The University of Sydney's School of Architecture, Design, and Planning. Her doctoral thesis focused on improving occupant thermal comfort through advanced ventilation systems in Australian residential contexts. Prior to her role at CSIRO, Dr. Sadeghi benefited from a fellowship with the Centre of Air pollution, energy, and health Research (CAR). Her interdisciplinary project explored the intersection of healthy built environments, emphasizing greening infrastructures and their impacts on urban overheating, energy demand, and associated health benefits. Dr. Sadeghi's journey from architecture to health research has been greatly enriched by her time with CAR. Through this fellowship, she expanded her knowledge into the health discipline and forged valuable connections within the health domain. This experience has been instrumental in her career progression, enabling her to make contributions to addressing pressing issues in residential overheating and occupant well-being.
"I got a seed grant and a postdoctoral fellowship from CAR, which are the first research grants in my career. CAR also offered me a great opportunity to get involved in subcommittees, organize and chair seminar sessions, which helps build up my leadership skills. In addition, I was awarded conference and training grants to attend international conferences and broaden my collaboration network. CAR had a very effective mentoring program, and its investigators are excellent mentors. CAR’s annual meetings were also great events for ECRs to learn from more senior team members. Overall, CAR support is a stepping stone for my career development." Biography Dinh is a Research Fellow in Epidemiology of Lung Health Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne.
"Support from CAR, both financially and technically, has helped me in my career progression through numerous ways. One way is through networking among prominent Australian researchers, both inside and outside of CAR. Another way is generating new ideas for research lines, that are of importance politically; in my case, the health impacts of waste-to-energy processes that are of growing importance in Australia and worldwide, for which I produced a position paper, a systematic literature review, a submission to a state waste management strategy review, and an article in The Conversation." Biography Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen; Policy Consultant, World Health Organization; Social Media Editor, Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
Dr Bill Dodd is a science communicator specialising in the translation of new research into materials and media for decision makers, health consumers and the general public. He has been a lecturer in journalism, media and communications at the University of Tasmania, and is author of the book Solutions Journalism published by Lexington Books. He has worked closely with the Tasmanian Department of Health as part of the Tasmanian Public Health Research Action Coalition (TasPHRAC) in relation to nutrition, active living, tobacco control, and air quality. His writing has appeared in The Conversation, The Canberra Times, Renew Economy, The Examiner, Al Jazeera, The Japan Times and Forty Degrees South.

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