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Simon hales photoBA MB BChir (Cambridge) MPH PhD (Otago)

Research Professor; HEIRU

Contact details

Email simon.hales@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

Simon is an environmental epidemiologist with an interest in the atmospheric environment and global issues.

Simon's current projects include:

  • empirical modelling of air pollution and health
  • assessing health aspects of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
  • estimating the global burden of disease attributable to climate change
  • empirical modelling of communicable disease in relation to climate
  • health co benefits of climate change mitigation

Publications

Pourzand, F., Kim, A. H. M., Chambers, T., Grout, L., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2025). Examining campylobacteriosis disease notification rates: Association with water supply characteristics. Environmental Research, 271, 121064. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121064 Journal - Research Article

Baker, M., Kerr, J., Broadbent, A., Hales, S., Prickett, M., & Wilson, N. (2025). Communicating public health evidence: Two highly productive years for the PHCC. The Briefing, (10 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/communicating-public-health-evidence-two-highly-productive-years-phcc Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Prickett, M., Hales, S., Wilson, N., Kerr, J., Chambers, T., Grout, L., & Baker, M. G. (2025). Media discourse on drinking water before and after a major campylobacteriosis outbreak in New Zealand. International Journal of Water Resources Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/07900627.2024.2441814 Journal - Research Article

Xu, R., Ye, T., Huang, W., Yue, X., Morawska, L., Abramson, M. J., … Hales, S., … on behalf of the Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network. (2024). Global, regional, and national mortality burden attributable to air pollution from landscape fires: A health impact assessment study. Lancet. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02251-7 Journal - Research Article

Wen, B., Ademi, Z., Wu, Y., Xu, R., Yu, P., Liu, Y., … Hales, S., … Li, S. (2024). Non-optimum temperatures led to labour productivity burden by causing premature deaths: A multi-country study. Environment International, 193, 109096. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109096 Journal - Research Article

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