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Dr Rebecca Cole

Research Fellow in Environmental Epidemiology

United Kingdom

Research fellow working in environmental epidemiology within the EHM lab. Work focuses on climate change and public health. Bachelor's and Master's were in mathematics and mathematical modelling (climate science). Work whilst at LSHTM has focused on heat and health in the UK and the drivers of heat risk at different spatial levels with a particular emphasis on implications for policy and equity.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Selected Publications

Tree pollen and asthma-related hospital admissions in England: a national case time series analysis.
COLE, R; Luque-GarcĂ­a, L; Flower, G; DE LA CRUZ LIBARDI, A; Sofiev, M; MASSELOT, P; GASPARRINI, A;
2026
Environment international
Projections of heat related mortality under combined climate and socioeconomic adaptation scenarios for England and Wales
COLE, R; WAN, K; Murage, P; Macintyre, HL; HAJAT, S; Heaviside, C;
2025
PLOS Climate
Projections of heat related mortality under combined climate and socioeconomic adaptation scenarios for England and Wales
COLE, R; WAN, K; Murage, P; Macintyre, HL; HAJAT, S; Heaviside, C;
2025
PLOS Climate
A population-level framework to estimate unequal exposure to indoor heat and air pollution
COLE, R; Simpson, CH; Ferguson, L; Symonds, P; Taylor, J; Heaviside, C; MURAGE, P; Macintyre, HL; HAJAT, S; Mavrogianni, A; Davies, M;
2024
Buildings & Cities
Systemic inequalities in heat risk for greater London.
COLE, R; Ferguson, L; Heaviside, C; MURAGE, P; Macintyre, HL; Taylor, J; Simpson, CH; Brousse, O; Symonds, P; Davies, M; HAJAT, S;
2024
Environment international
An expert review of environmental heat exposure and stillbirth in the face of climate change: Clinical implications and priority issues.
BONELL, A; PART, C; OKOMO, U; COLE, R; HAJAT, S; KOVATS, S; Sferruzzi-Perri, AN; Hirst, JE;
2023
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
The contribution of demographic changes to future heat-related health burdens under climate change scenarios.
COLE, R; HAJAT, S; MURAGE, P; Heaviside, C; Macintyre, H; Davies, M; Wilkinson, P;
2023
Environment international
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