University of New South Wales
Bin Jalaludin is an environmental epidemiologist with extensive experience in air pollution epidemiology. He investigated the effects of the 1994 bushfires on emergency department visits for asthma and on children’s lung function and respiratory symptoms. He has also investigated the acute effects of bushfires on hospitalisations and deaths. As well as the effects of bushfires, He has extensive experience in designing and conducting studies investigating the effects of urban air pollution on human health.
Joy Tripovich is an Operations and Strategy Manager at the Centre for Safe Air and has more than 10 years of experience in this role. In this capacity she provides strategic and operational advice to the centre and is also involved in the development of training and funding initiatives. Joy is also a researcher and examines the impact of heatwaves and air quality changes on the behaviour and health of animals.
Christine Cowie is an environmental epidemiologist working in the field of air pollution epidemiology with the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and is a conjoint research fellow with UNSW School of Clinical Medicine and an affiliate with the Centre for Safe Air. Christine is particularly interested in the health effects of traffic related exposures, as well as other urban air pollution impacts, including wood heater emissions. She has expertise in exposure assessment, epidemiological study design and implementation, and seeks to conduct research with policy relevance. She has taught environmental health at UNSW and the University of Sydney and, prior to research, worked for over a decade in environmental health policy for the NSW Health Ministry.
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