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Healthy Polis Newsletter Issue 8, July 2018
This issue covers:
Kim Dirks editorial
Healthy-Polis workshops
News from around the network
Latest funding and grants news
Career opportunities
Conferences and events
Recent publications
HEALTHY-POLIS NEWS, JULY 2018
EDITORIAL
Every year, I am involved in a one-week programme run by The University of Auckland called
‘Population Health Intensive’ designed to give our 5th Year Medical students the opportunity to
improve their understanding of the ‘broader dimensions of health and its societal determinants’
beyond the clinical focus of their training. The students attend a half-day symposium and then spend
much of their week working in teams each allocated a topic of relevance to medicine but not given
much attention in the rest of the curriculum. They are expected to come up with a proposal to address
a health issue based on what they have learned from visits to relevant agencies that have been
prearranged, and to present their proposals to the class at the end of the week. In the programme,
much is made of the ‘upstream focus’ common in public health, with an emphasis on disease
prevention and health promotion and protection.
As such, I was very interested to read a commentary recently published in the new Lancet Planetary
Health Journal written by one of our committee members, Daniel Black, on the ‘upstream’ idea in the
context of urban development. Indeed, in his article Daniel argues that the urban environment itself
is actually ‘mid-stream’ and that the forces that determine the quality of the built environment lie
even further upstream, particularly in private-sector led economies with landowners, financiers and
developers. For those interested, Daniel and the multi-disciplinary team of public health scientists and
economists with whom he works have a paper accepted and due for publication in Wiley’s Global
Challenges Journal that uses the Science of Team Science ‘Four-Phase Model of Trans-Disciplinary
Research' to reflect upon what worked well and what didn’t in their three year Wellcome Trust funded
research pilot. The invitation from the editorial team was to consider the 'operationalisation of
interdisciplinary research'. Have a look at:
Black, D, Scally, G, Hunt, A, Orme, J (2018) “We must look further upstream to enable planetary health-literature
urban development”, The Lancet, Vol 2, April 2018.
The full commentary can be accessed at:
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanplh/PIIS2542-5196(18)30045-7.pdf
Kim Dirks, Secretary for Healthy-Polis
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HEALTHY-POLIS WORKSHOPS
Healthy-Polis will be running its annual workshop on the 27th of November 2018 as part of the 15th
International Conference on Urban Health which will take place in Kampala, Uganda from the 26th to
the 30th of November 2018. The theme of the workshop will be “A Global Initiative to Instigate a
Clean Air, Low Carbon Transition Towards Healthier and More Sustainable Cities”. The organisers
are Prof Sotiris Vardoulakis, Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM), UK, and Prof Stuart Piketh,
School of Geo- and Spatial Science, North-West University (NWU), South Africa.
Healthy-Polis will be also involved in a symposium on “Healthy Climate Solutions: What is the
Evidence for Health Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Strategies?” in Ottawa, Canada, on the
28th August 2018, organised by Prof Patrick Kinney (Boston University) as part of the ISES-ISEE 2018
Joint Annual Meeting.
FUNDING AND GRANTS
FUNDED
The Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) is a four-year Wellcome Trust funded
project led by UCL that will deliver key global research on the systems that connect urban
development and health. Alongside partner cities in France, China and Kenya the project will assist
decision-makers and the public about areas of development that afford the greatest opportunities
for health and sustainability.
Public Health England has commissioned five rapid evidence assessments on the effectiveness of
interventions to improve air quality, covering: industrial, planning, vehicle, agricultural and
behavioural interventions. Four of these assessments were commissioned to IOM.
LOOKING FOR RESEARCH PARTNERS
We encourage calls from consortium members for opportunities for collaboration and grant
opportunities. To contribute to this section, please email details to k.dirks@auckland.ac.nz.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Assistant Lecturer – American University (Full-Time, Tenure-Track)
The Department of Environmental Science in the College of Arts and Science at American University,
Washington DC, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor
beginning August 1, 2019. Applicants should have a PhD or an anticipated PhD completion by August 2018 in
geology, environmental science, earth science or related field.
Applications can be submitted via: http://apply.interfolio.com/51079. Please contact Stephen MacAvoy,
Department Chair, macavoy@american.edu if you have any questions.
Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Inhalation Toxicology and Pharmacology (non-clinical) – Imperial College
London (Permanent, Full-Time)
National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Location: London, Job Ref: MED00615
Vacancy for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Inhalation Toxicology and Pharmacology to develop existing
research and build new initiatives.
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Closing date: 25 July 2018
Queries can be directed via Lindsay Melling, NHLI Career Development Coordinator: l.melling@imperial.ac.uk
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BKW479/lecturer-or-senior-lecturer-in-inhalation-toxicology-and-pharmacology-
non-clinical/
If you would like to advertise an opportunity in this section, please email details to k.dirks@auckland.ac.nz
Job and career opportunities are regularly updated on the Healthy-Polis website
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
The 10th International Conference on Urban Climate/14th Symposium on the Urban Environment
will take place in New York, USA, on 6-10 August, 2018.
ISES-ISEE 2018 Joint Annual Meeting with theme “Addressing Complex Local and Global Issues in
Environmental Exposure and Health, will take place in Ottawa, Canada, on 26-30 August, 2018.
The 10th International Aerosols Conference will take place in Saint Louis, USA, on 2-7 September
2018.
International Healthy Cities Conference, Belfast City Council, Celebrating 30 years of the Healthy
Cities movement will take place in Belfast, UK, on 1–4 October 2018.
The 3rd International Conference on Environmental Health Preventative Medicine (Environmental
Health -2018) will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on 15-16 October, 2018.
Healthy City Design 2018 International Congress. Equity and resilience: Creating healthy cities for all,
will take place at the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK, on 15–16 October 2018.
Urban Transitions 2018, Integrating Urban and Transport Planning, Environment and Health for
Healthier Urban Living, will take place in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, on 25-27 November 2018.
The 15th International Conference on Urban Health will take place in Kampala, Uganda on 26-30
November 2018.
The AGU Fall Meeting will take place in Washington, D.C., 10-14 December 2018. At this conference
there will be a session “Urban Areas and Global Change”. The deadline for abstracts is 1 August.
Transportation, Air Quality and Health Symposium will take place in Austin, Texas, USA, 18-20
February, 2019. The deadline for abstracts is 15 October, 2018.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM HEALTHY-POLIS
Cordero, J.M., Borge, R., Narros, A., 2018. Using statistical methods to carry out in field calibrations
of low cost air quality sensors. Sensors and Actuators B 267, 245-254 (doi:
10.1016/j.snb.2018.04.021)
Borge, R., Artíñano, B., Yagüe, C., Gomez-Moreno, F.J., Saiz-Lopez, A., Sastre, M., Narros, García-
Nieto, D.,A., Benavent, N., Maqueda, G. Barreiro, M., de Andrés, J.M., Cristóbal, A., 2018. Application
of a short term air quality action plan in Madrid (Spain) under a high-pollution episode - Part I:
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Diagnostic and analysis from observations. Science of the Total Environment 635, 1561-1573 (doi:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.149)
Borge, R., Santiago, J.L., de la Paz, D., Martín, F., Domingo, J., Valdés, C., Sánchez, B., Rivas, E., Rozas,
M.T., Lázaro, S., Pérez, J., Fernández, A., 2018. Application of a short term air quality action plan in
Madrid (Spain) under a high-pollution episode - Part II: Assessment from multi-scale modelling.
Science of the Total Environment 635, 1574-1584 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.323)
Gao J., Hou H., Zhai Y., Woodward A., Vardoulakis S., Kovats S., Wilkinson P., Li L., Song X., Xu L.,
Meng B., Liu X., Wang J., Zhao J., Liu Q., 2018. Greenhouse gas emissions reduction in different
economic sectors: Mitigation measures, health co-benefits, knowledge gaps, and policy implications.
Environmental Pollution 240, 683-698. (doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.05.011)
Mathee, A., Barnes, B., Naidoo, S., Swart, A., Rother, H.-A., 2018. Development for children’s
environmental health in South Africa: Past gains and future opportunities. Development Southern
Africa (doi: 10.1080/0376835X.1519857)
Mitchell D., Heaviside C., Schaller N., Allen M., Ebi K.L., Fischer E.M., Gasparrini A., Harrington L.,
Kharin V., Shiogama H., Sillmann J., Sippel S., Vardoulakis S., 2018. Extreme heat-related mortality
avoided under Paris Agreement goals. Nature Climate Change (doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0210-1)
Salmond J., Sabel C.E., Vardoulakis S., 2018. Towards the integrated study of urban climate, air
pollution and public health. Climate 6(1), 14. (doi: 10.3390/cli6010014)
Vardoulakis S., Kettle R., Cosford P., Lincoln P., Holgate S., Grigg J., Kelly F., Pencheon D., 2018. Local
action on outdoor air pollution to improve health. International Journal of Public Health 63, 557-565.
(doi: 10.1007/s00038-018-1104-8)
Vardoulakis S., Osborne N.J., 2018. Air pollution and asthma. Archives of Disease in Childhood. (doi:
10.1136/archdischild-2017-314543)
MEMBERS NEWS
COMMITTEE MEMBER ON THE MOVE
One of our Committee Members, Daniela Morghenti has started in a new role as Founder of Be. Live
Pubic Affairs in Belgium.
UPDATE ON CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIP
We now have approximately 1,500 members from countries all around the world!
LINKED-IN WEBSITE
We have a Healthy Polis Linked-In account, which can be accessed at
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/HealthyPolis-7472785. We hope that members will use this as an
opportunity to connect and share ideas. The usual Healthy Polis website
(https://sites.google.com/site/healthypolisnetwork/) will continue to provide updates and materials
relevant to the consortium.
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FUTURE BULLETIN CONTENT
If you would like to contribute an article or information regarding
upcoming conferences, jobs or grant opportunities it would be
great to hear from you. Please email k.dirks@auckland.ac.nz
Lastly, we are keen to make this newsletter more visually
appealing. We would welcome photos you have taken on the
theme “urban problems and urban solutions”. If you have any
you would like to share, please send them through to
k.dirks@auckland.ac.nz. Please provide details of the photo,
including who took it, where it was taken, when it was taken and
any other information of interest.
This photo of Auckland’s brown haze was taken by me at 10:00AM on
5th June 2009 from Mt Wellington in Auckland, New Zealand looking
towards the city centre.
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