Understanding how climate change and pollution affect health, from cells to society

What the Personalized, Real-Time Health Impact of Climate Change and Pollution Flagship works on

The program studies environmental health effects across multiple levels: from biological processes inside the body to individual behaviour, population health and urban environments.

Researchers develop organ-on-chip models to study how tissues respond to pollutants and environmental stressors under controlled laboratory conditions. In parallel, the program explores wearable technologies and sensor systems that can monitor biomarkers, exposure and behavioural responses in daily life.

These technological developments are combined with public health research, health economics, behavioural analysis and ethical perspectives. A key aspect of the program is the integration of expertise across medicine, engineering, public health, economics and policy to better connect environmental exposure, health effects and possible interventions. The program operates across three interconnected domains:

• biological response at tissue level;
• real-time monitoring at the individual level;
• and behavioural and societal health responses.

Meet our team!