Professor of Global Environmental Health
Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit on Environmental Change and Health which undertakes high-quality research to improve understanding of the health impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, the actions needed to protect UK public health, and the opportunities for improving health of policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions:
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/hpru-ech
Committee member of the Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health
Member of the Global Climate-Homelessness Network
Editorial board member for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Currently supervising 3 research degree students.
Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit on Environmental Change and Health which undertakes high-quality research to improve understanding of the health impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, the actions needed to protect UK public health, and the opportunities for improving health of policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions:
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/hpru-ech
Committee member of the Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health
Member of the Global Climate-Homelessness Network
Editorial board member for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Currently supervising 3 research degree students.
Affiliations
Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Centres
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre
Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health
Teaching
Programme Director of the intensive MSc Public Health programme
Module organiser Basic Statistics for PHP
Lecturer on the Basic Statistics for PHP and Environmental Epidemiology modules
Contributed to the development of the new MSc Climate Change and Planetary Health programme
Module organiser Basic Statistics for PHP
Lecturer on the Basic Statistics for PHP and Environmental Epidemiology modules
Contributed to the development of the new MSc Climate Change and Planetary Health programme
Research
Climate Change, Planetary Health, Environmental Health.
Recent publications:
Bezgrebelna M, Hajat S, Njenga S, Settembrino MR, Vickery J, Kidd SA. Neoliberalism, Climate Change, and Displaced and Homeless Populations: Exploring Interactions through Case Studies. Humanity and Society; 2023, in press.
Singh T, Jalaludin B, Hajat S, Morgan GG, Meissner K, Kaldor J, Green D, Jegasothy E. Acute Air Pollution and Temperature Exposure as Independent and Joint Triggers of Spontaneous Preterm Birth in New South Wales, Australia: A Time-to-Event Analysis. Frontiers in Public Health; in press.
Zhang Y, Han A, Deng S, Wang X, Zhang H, Hajat S, Ji JS, Liang W, Huang C. The impact of fossil fuel combustion on children’s health and the associated losses of human capital. Global Transitions; 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.glt.2023.07.001.
Bonell A, Part C, Okomo U, Cole R, Hajat S, Kovats S, Sferruzzi-Perri A, Hirst J. An expert review of environmental heat exposure and stillbirth in the face of climate change: clinical implications and priority issues. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; 2023: doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17622.
Kidd SA, Gong J, Massazza A, Bezgrebelna M, Zhang Y, Hajat, S. Climate change and its implications for developing brains – In utero to youth: A scoping review. The Journal of Climate Change and Health; 2023: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100258.
Lloyd SJ, Quijal-Zamorano M, Achebak H, Hajat S, Muttarak R, Striessnig E, Ballester J. The direct and indirect influences of interrelated regional-level sociodemographic factors on heat-attributable mortality in Europe: insights for adaptation strategies. Environmental Health Perspectives; 2023; in press. DOI 10.1289/EHP11766.
Hajat S, Sarran C, Bezgrebelna M, Kidd SA. Ambient temperature and emergency hospital admissions in people experiencing homelessness in London, UK, 2011-2019. American Journal of Public Health; 2023; doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307351.
Kidd SA, Galvao LAC, Hajat S, Bezgrebelna M, McKenzie K. Shelter is key to delivering on COP27 commitments. Lancet; 2023; doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00722-5.
Kidd S, Bezgrebelna M, Hajat S, Keevers L, Ravindran A, Stergiopoulos V, Wells S, Yamamoto S, Galvao LA, Hale M, Njengah S, Settembrino M, Vickery J, McKenzie K. A Response Framework for Addressing the Risks of Climate Change for Homeless Populations. Climate Policy; 2023; doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2023.2194280.
Deng S, Han A, Jin S, Shuang W, Zheng J, Jalaludin BB, Hajat S, Liang W, Huang C. Effect of extreme temperatures on asthma hospital visits: modification by event characteristics and healthy behaviours. Environmental Research; 2023; doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115679.
Cole R, Hajat S, Murage P, Heaviside C, Macintyre H, Davies M, Wilkinson P. The contribution of demographic changes to future heat-related health burdens under climate change scenarios. Environment International; 2023; doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107836.
Hajat S, Proestos Y, Araya-Lopez J-L, Economou T, Lelieveld J. Current and future trends in heat-related mortality in the MENA region: a health impact assessment with bias-adjusted statistically downscaled CMIP6 (SSP-based) data and Bayesian inference. Lancet Planetary Health; 2023: doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00045-1.
Recent publications:
Bezgrebelna M, Hajat S, Njenga S, Settembrino MR, Vickery J, Kidd SA. Neoliberalism, Climate Change, and Displaced and Homeless Populations: Exploring Interactions through Case Studies. Humanity and Society; 2023, in press.
Singh T, Jalaludin B, Hajat S, Morgan GG, Meissner K, Kaldor J, Green D, Jegasothy E. Acute Air Pollution and Temperature Exposure as Independent and Joint Triggers of Spontaneous Preterm Birth in New South Wales, Australia: A Time-to-Event Analysis. Frontiers in Public Health; in press.
Zhang Y, Han A, Deng S, Wang X, Zhang H, Hajat S, Ji JS, Liang W, Huang C. The impact of fossil fuel combustion on children’s health and the associated losses of human capital. Global Transitions; 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.glt.2023.07.001.
Bonell A, Part C, Okomo U, Cole R, Hajat S, Kovats S, Sferruzzi-Perri A, Hirst J. An expert review of environmental heat exposure and stillbirth in the face of climate change: clinical implications and priority issues. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; 2023: doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17622.
Kidd SA, Gong J, Massazza A, Bezgrebelna M, Zhang Y, Hajat, S. Climate change and its implications for developing brains – In utero to youth: A scoping review. The Journal of Climate Change and Health; 2023: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100258.
Lloyd SJ, Quijal-Zamorano M, Achebak H, Hajat S, Muttarak R, Striessnig E, Ballester J. The direct and indirect influences of interrelated regional-level sociodemographic factors on heat-attributable mortality in Europe: insights for adaptation strategies. Environmental Health Perspectives; 2023; in press. DOI 10.1289/EHP11766.
Hajat S, Sarran C, Bezgrebelna M, Kidd SA. Ambient temperature and emergency hospital admissions in people experiencing homelessness in London, UK, 2011-2019. American Journal of Public Health; 2023; doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307351.
Kidd SA, Galvao LAC, Hajat S, Bezgrebelna M, McKenzie K. Shelter is key to delivering on COP27 commitments. Lancet; 2023; doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00722-5.
Kidd S, Bezgrebelna M, Hajat S, Keevers L, Ravindran A, Stergiopoulos V, Wells S, Yamamoto S, Galvao LA, Hale M, Njengah S, Settembrino M, Vickery J, McKenzie K. A Response Framework for Addressing the Risks of Climate Change for Homeless Populations. Climate Policy; 2023; doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2023.2194280.
Deng S, Han A, Jin S, Shuang W, Zheng J, Jalaludin BB, Hajat S, Liang W, Huang C. Effect of extreme temperatures on asthma hospital visits: modification by event characteristics and healthy behaviours. Environmental Research; 2023; doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115679.
Cole R, Hajat S, Murage P, Heaviside C, Macintyre H, Davies M, Wilkinson P. The contribution of demographic changes to future heat-related health burdens under climate change scenarios. Environment International; 2023; doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107836.
Hajat S, Proestos Y, Araya-Lopez J-L, Economou T, Lelieveld J. Current and future trends in heat-related mortality in the MENA region: a health impact assessment with bias-adjusted statistically downscaled CMIP6 (SSP-based) data and Bayesian inference. Lancet Planetary Health; 2023: doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00045-1.
Research Area
Climate change
Environmental health
Planetary health
Country
Palestine
Region
Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)
Selected Publications
Heat-Related Health Risks for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Rapid Review.
2025
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
Water Insecurity in the Jordan Valley: Community Perspectives on Its Impacts on Maternal and Child Health.
2025
International journal of environmental research and public health
Economic Burden of High Temperatures on Health Systems in Brazil
2024
The 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2024)
Heat Index: An Alternative Indicator for Measuring the Impacts of Meteorological Factors on Diarrhoea in the Climate Change Era: A Time Series Study in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2024
International journal of environmental research and public health
A population-level framework to estimate unequal exposure to indoor heat and air pollution
2024
Buildings & Cities
Health perceptions of adverse weather in older adults in England: analysis of 2019/20 survey data.
2024
European journal of public health
The reciprocal relation between rising longevity and temperature-related mortality risk in older people, Spain 1980-2018.
2024
Environment international
Impacts of climate change on diarrhoeal disease hospitalisations: How does the global warming targets of 1.5-2°C affect Dhaka, Bangladesh?
2024
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
