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Dr Huiqi Chen

Research Fellow in Environmental Epidemiology

United Kingdom

Research Fellow working in environmental epidemiology with a background in epidemiology and biostatistics. My research focuses on large-scale modelling of temperature–health relationships under climate change, with an emphasis on quantifying mortality, morbidity, and population vulnerability to extreme heat and environmental exposures. I am interested in climate policy, both mitigation and adaptation, and my research aims to inform and shape policies to reduce climate-related health risks.

Affiliations

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

Teaching

I contribute to teaching in Health Data Management, Introduction to Statistical Computing and Programming, and Evaluation of Public Health Interventions.
I am also a personal tutor for students undertaking the MSc in Public Health. In addition, I supervise students through the Health Data Research UK Black Internship Programme and contribute to training activities that support quantitative and data science capacity building.

Research

Research Area
Environmental health
Climate change
Epidemiology
Electronic health records
Heat (health effects)
Global health
Country
Brazil
China
Region
Euro area
World

Selected Publications

Regional variations in the impacts of high temperature on hospital admissions in Brazil.
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;
2025
Environment international
Projections of heatwave-attributable mortality under climate change and future population scenarios in China.
CHEN, H; Zhao, L; Cheng, L; Zhang, Y; Wang, H; Gu, K; Bao, J; Yang, J; Liu, Z; Huang, J; Chen, Y; Gao, X; Xu, Y; Wang, C; Cai, W; Gong, P; Luo, Y; Liang, W; Huang, C;
2022
The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific
Spatiotemporal variation of mortality burden attributable to heatwaves in China, 1979-2020.
CHEN, H; Zhao, L; Dong, W; Cheng, L; Cai, W; Yang, J; Bao, J; Liang, X-Z; HAJAT, S; Gong, P; Liang, W; Huang, C;
2022
SCIENCE BULLETIN
Launching a new low-carbon, healthy journey
Zhang, C; Cai, W; Zhang, S; Bai, Y; Callaghan, M; Chang, N; Chen, B; CHEN, H; Cheng, L; Dai, H; Fan, W; Guan, D; Hu, Y; Hu, Y; Hua, J; Huang, C; Huang, H; Huang, J; Huang, X; Ji, JS; Jiang, Q; Jiang, X; Kiesewetter, G; Li, T; Li, B; ... Gong, P.
2025
Chinese Science Bulletin
Global Mapping of Temperature-Related Mortality: A Health Impact Assessment Study in Cities
CHEN, H; N. MISTRY, PHD, AF HEA., M; Sera, F; MASSELOT, P; GASPARRINI, A;
2025
Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2025)
Economic Burden of High Temperatures on Health Systems in Brazil
CHEN, H; Silva, I; HAJAT, S; Xander Russo, L; WAN, K; Mi, Z; BORGHI, J; NITSCH, D; Nunes Silva, E; FOSS, A;
2024
The 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2024)
The 2024 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: launching a new low-carbon, healthy journey.
Cai, W; Zhang, C; Zhang, S; Bai, Y; Callaghan, M; Chang, N; Chen, B; CHEN, H; Cheng, L; Dai, H; Fan, W; Guan, D; Hu, Y; Hu, Y; Hua, J; Huang, C; Huang, H; Huang, J; Huang, X; Ji, JS; Jiang, Q; Jiang, X; Kiesewetter, G; Li, T; Li, B; ... Gong, P.
2024
The Lancet. Public health
Taking stock of climate action for a healthy and thriving future
Zhang, S; Zhang, C; Cai, W; Bai, Y; Max, C; Chang, N; Chen, B; CHEN, H; Cheng, L; Dai, H; Dai, X; Fan, W; Fang, X; Gao, T; Geng, Y; Guan, D; Hu, Y; Hua, J; Huang, C; Huang, H; Huang, J; Huang, X; Ji, JS; Jiang, Q; Jiang, X; ... Peng, G.
2024
Chinese Science Bulletin
Impact of heat stress on morbidity in Brazil: An economic evaluation based on cost-of-illness
CHEN, H; NITSCH, D; Silva, I; HAJAT, S; Xander Russo, L; Mi, Z; BORGHI, J; Nunes Silva, E; FOSS, AM;
2024
EuHEA Conference
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