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Miss Jessica Gerard

Research Assistant in Built Environment and Health

United Kingdom

I am currently working and undergoing a part-time staff PhD between the CHILI and INHABIT hubs, funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). This research focuses on the UK’s transition to net zero and the climate induced adaptations and mitigations to the built environment. With aims to support these climate initiatives and keep public health and equity front and foremost in energy efficiency and retrofitting strategies.

I hold an MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc in Public Health and International Development from the Tulane University. I have previously conducted research in South and North America, Eastern Africa, the UK and with Global focus relating to climate change evidence to policy translation.

Affiliations

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

Centres

Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Research

Research Area
Climate change
Globalisation
Urbanisation
Health policy
Disease control

Selected Publications

Living through the heat: How urban children and young people experience and envision healthier cities.
BWIRE, C; Juel, R; MILNER, J; BONNET, G; BONELL, A; YEUNG, S; Umesh, H; PICETTI, R; KUPPILI, SK; GERARD, J; HUGHES, R;
2025
PLOS global public health
Climate-Sensitive Health Outcomes in Kenya: A Scoping Review of Environmental Exposures and Health Outcomes Research, 2000–2024
GERARD, J; Kibaara, T; BLOM, IM; FALCONER, J; MOHAMMED, S; Kadri-Alabi, Z; Taylor, R; Abdullahi, L; HUGHES, RC; Onyango, B; BRUNN, AA;
2025
Climate
Gaps and opportunities for data systems and economics to support priority setting for climate-sensitive infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid scoping review.
DELIGHT, EA; BRUNN, AA; RUIZ, F; GERARD, J; FALCONER, J; Liu, Y; BAH, B; Bett, B; Uzochukwu, B; Oloko, OK; Njuguna, E; MURRAY, KA;
2025
PLOS global public health
Use of a synthetic population to model co-benefits to air quality and health from household fuel emission mitigation policies in Kenya
BRUNN, AA; Ferguson, L; GERARD, J; Muindi, K; Chowdhury, S; Taylor, J; MILNER, J;
2025
Environmental research, health
Climate change, hygiene, and health: A research roadmap for climate adaptation
GERARD, J; D’Mello-Guyett, L; FALCONER, J; Heylen, C; KOVATS, S; DREIBELBIS, R;
2026
PLOS Climate
Code for "Climate Change, Hygiene and Health: A research roadmap to climate adaptation"
GERARD, J; D’Mello-Guyett, L;
2026
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Living through the heat: How urban children and young people experience and envision healthier cities
BWIRE, C; Juel, R; Milner, J; BONNET, G; Bonell, A; YEUNG, S; Umesh, H; PICETTI, R; KUPPILI, SK; GERARD, J; Hughes, R;
2025
medRxiv
Data for "Gaps and Opportunities for Economics and Data Systems to Support Priority Setting for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rapid Scoping Review"
Delight, E; Brunn, A; RUIZ, F; GERARD, J; FALCONER, J; LIU, Y; BAH, B; Bett, B; Uzochukwu, B; Oloko, O; Njuguna, E; MURRAY, K;
2025
Open Science Framework
Identifying Research Priorities on Climate change, Hygiene and Health
GERARD, J; D'MELLO-GUYETT, L;
2024
Our Health, Our Planet, Our Future: Climate Change and Planetary Health at LSHTM
Gaps and Opportunities for Data Systems and Economics to Support Priority Setting for Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Rapid Scoping Review
DELIGHT, E; Brunn, A; RUIZ, F; GERARD, J; FALCONER, J; Liu, Y; BAH, B; Bett, B; Uzochukwu, B; Oloko, O; Njuguna, E; Murray, K;
2024
medRxiv
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