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Dr James Milner

Assistant Professor in Climate Change - Environment and Health

United Kingdom

I am Associate Professor in Climate Change, Environment & Health. My research involves mathematical modelling of environmental interventions and their impacts on human health, with a particular focus on the health effects of climate change mitigation actions. I contribute to the Lancet Countdown, which is tracking progress on climate change and health. I am also an Associate Member of the UK Government's Committee On the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP).

Affiliations

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

Teaching

I am the module organiser of Environmental Health Policy (PHM206) on the MSc Public Health by Distance Learning.

I also act as a personal tutor on the MSc Public Health and lecture on the modules:
- Environment, Health and Sustainable Development (1125)
- Environmental Epidemiology (1301)
- Environmental Health Policy (1300)

I currently supervise doctoral students working on the following topics:
- Health impacts of active travel in the UK
- Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to support 'nutrition-sensitive' agriculture

Research

Research Area
Climate change
Environment
Environmental Health
Health impact analysis
Housing
Modelling
Epidemiology
Mathematical Modelling
Disease and Health Conditions
Non-communicable diseases
Region
World

Selected Publications

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
The public health co-benefits of strategies consistent with net-zero emissions: a systematic review.
Moutet, L; Bernard, P; GREEN, R; MILNER, J; HAINES, A; Slama, R; Temime, L; Jean, K;
2025
The Lancet. Planetary health
Health impact of policies to reduce agriculture-related air pollutants in the UK: The relative contribution of change in PM2.5 exposure and diets to morbidity and mortality.
PASTORINO, S; MILOJEVIC, A; GREEN, R; Beck, R; Carnell, E; Colombo, PE; Misselbrook, T; Miller, M; Reis, S; Tomlinson, S; Vieno, M; MILNER, J;
2024
Environmental research
School building energy efficiency and NO<sub>2</sub> related risk of childhood asthma in England and Wales: Modelling study.
KARAKAS, F; Grassie, D; Schwartz, Y; Dong, J; Chalabi, Z; Mumovic, D; Mavrogianni, A; MILNER, J;
2023
The Science of the total environment
Urban-rural disparity in global estimation of PM<sub>2ยท5</sub> household air pollution and its attributable health burden.
Mohajeri, N; Hsu, S-C; MILNER, J; Taylor, J; Kiesewetter, G; Gudmundsson, A; Kennard, H; Hamilton, I; Davies, M;
2023
The Lancet. Planetary health
Air pollution and child health impacts of decarbonization in 16 global cities: Modelling study.
MILNER, J; HUGHES, R; Chowdhury, S; PICETTI, R; Ghosh, R; YEUNG, S; Lelieveld, J; Dangour, AD; Wilkinson, P;
2023
Environment international
Impact on mortality of pathways to net zero greenhouse gas emissions in England and Wales: a multisectoral modelling study.
MILNER, J; TURNER, G; Ibbetson, A; Eustachio Colombo, P; GREEN, R; Dangour, AD; HAINES, A; Wilkinson, P;
2023
The Lancet Planetary Health
A tool for assessing the climate change mitigation and health impacts of environmental policies: the Cities Rapid Assessment Framework for Transformation (CRAFT).
Symonds, P; MILNER, J; Mohajeri, N; Aplin, J; Hale, J; J Lloyd, S; Fremont, H; Younkin, S; Shrubsole, C; Robertson, L; Taylor, J; Zimmermann, N; WILKINSON, P; Davies, M;
2021
Wellcome open research
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