I am a Professor of Global Environmental Health and part of the Climate and Health Group which leads climate change and health research at LSHTM.
I am Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) on Climate Change and Health Security which undertakes high-quality research to inform UK public health policy on climate change in partnership with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), University College London (UCL), and the Met Office. Please get in touch if you would like to get involved in our HPRU research and activities.
I am the Primary Investigator of THERM-UK which is a 4 year NERC-funded project quantifying the health benefits from reducing heat exposures through public health, housing policy and nature based solutions. Learn more about THERM-UK research and partners on our website.
I am also Co-Investigator on the following projects:
- HEARTH: National hub on net zero, health and extreme heat funded by UKRI and NIHR. HEARTH examines how the transition to net zero emissions can benefit vulnerable populations by improving health outcomes, such as reducing heat-related illnesses and enhancing living conditions during extreme heat events. It is a large multidisciplinary collaboration between LSHTM and Oxford Brookes University (lead partner), UCL, LSE, University of Leeds, University of Edinburgh, and a wide network of UK stakeholders. (website coming soon)
- ARCADE: Accelerating Resilience and Climate Adaptation of Domestic Environments for vulnerable populations. ARCADE (lead partner UCL) aims to protect heat-vulnerable populations in the UK by improving resilience within homes. It is part of the UKRI-Defra 'Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change' (MACC) programme.
I am a member of various networks including:
- The Lancet Regional Health Europe Commission on Health, Migration and Climate Change in Europe
- The Global Climate Change-Homelessness Network
- The Climate Surveillance Subgroup at Public Health Wales
- The Climate and Health Researcher Network established by OKRE (Opening Knowledge across Research and Entertainment)
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
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:
Pinho-Gomes AC, Sorensen C, de Paiva Magalhães D, Hajat S, Rutter H. Inclusion of climate change and planetary health in Masters of Public Health curricula in the UK. Eur J Public Health. 2025 Sep 13:ckaf158. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf158
Ebi K,..., Hajat S,...Priority climate and health modelling needs. Lancet Planet Health. 2025 Sep 13:101297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101297
Aly S, Mossolem F, Khalil A, Surapaneni T, Traboulsi AAR, Aldadah W, Reid E, Hajat S. Occupation, displacement, and violence in the West Bank: a retrospective analysis from 2014-2014. PLOS Global Public Health; 2025 Jun 25;5(6):e0004829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004829
Cole R, Wan K, Murage P, Macintyre HL, Hajat S, Heaviside C. Projections of heat related mortality under combined climate and socioeconomic adaptation scenarios for England and Wales. PLOS Climate; July 2025; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000553
Ebi K,..., Hajat S,...The attribution of human health outcomes to climate change: transdisciplinary practical guidance. Climatic Change; 2025 Jul 23;178(8):s10584-025-03976-7.
Thompson R, Kovats S, Macintyre H, Hajat S, O’Connell E. Social determinants of heat-related mortality in England – a time-stratified case-crossover study using primary care records. BMJ Public Health; 2025 Jul 30;3(2):e001111. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001111.
Chen H, Cecilio e Silva IA, Hajat S, Russo LX, Wan K, Part C, Mi Z, Borghi J, Nitsch D, da Silva EN, Foss AM. Regional variations in the impacts of high temperature on hospital admissions in Brazil. Environment International; 2025 Jun 20;202:109620. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109620.
Wan K, Gampe D, Hajat S. Disentangling the contribution of anthropogenic climate change, greenhouse gases and aerosols to heat-related mortality in Great Britain: a climate change impact attribution study. Lancet Planetary Health; 2025 Apr;9(4):e274-e283. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00050-6.
Walther A, Shaheen A, Zubeidat H, Shakhshir G, Hajat S. Water insecurity in the Jordan Valley: community perspectives on its impacts on maternal and child health. Int J Environ Res Public Health; 2025 Jan 28;22(2):187. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22020187.
Noor J, Bezgrebelna M, Kerman N, Farooq M, Green S, Hajat S, Kenny GP, Meade RD, Metz C, Stergiopoulos V, McKenzie K, Daley M, Lacap L, Amoah Y, Kidd SA. Heat-related health risks for people experiencing homelessness: A rapid review. Journal of Urban Health; 2025 Apr;102(2):305-331. doi: 10.1007/s11524-025-00968-x.
Selected Publications
