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Dr James Milner

Ass. Prof. in Climate Chg., Env. & Hlth.

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.

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

I currently work on the following research projects and initiatives:
- Children, Cities and Climate (CCC Action Lab, funded by the Fondation Botnar)
- HEICCAM research network (Funded by NERC)
- Health impacts of converted housing (Funded by NIHR)
- Policy and Implementation for Climate & Health Equity (PAICE, funded by the Wellcome Trust)
- Lancet Countdown, which is tracking global progress on climate change and health

 

Recently completed projects include:

- Advancing School Performance: Indoor environmental quality, Resilience & Educational outcomes (ASPIRE, funded by EPSRC)

- Assessing Mitigation Pathways to Realise Public Health Benefits of Air Pollutant Emission Reductions from Agriculture (AMPHoRA, funded by NIHR)

- Health impact evaluation of the Warmth and Wellbeing home energy efficiency scheme (Funded by the Government of Ireland)
- Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH, funded by the Wellcome Trust)

- WinWindow: tracking the co-benefits of a green recovery (Funded by UKERC)

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

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>2·5</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
The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study.
Hamilton, I; Kennard, H; McGushin, A; Höglund-Isaksson, L; Kiesewetter, G; Lott, M; MILNER, J; Purohit, P; Rafaj, P; Sharma, R; SPRINGMANN, M; Woodcock, J; Watts, N;
2021
The Lancet. Planetary health
Health benefits of policies to reduce carbon emissions.
MILNER, J; Hamilton, I; Woodcock, J; Williams, M; Davies, M; WILKINSON, P; HAINES, A;
2020
BMJ: British Medical Journal
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