Liz Hanna

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Liz Hanna is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University Fenner school for Environment and Society - and Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions. Assoc Prof. Hanna also Chairs the Environmental Health Working Group of the World Federation of Public Health Associations. She is a Past President of the Climate and Health Alliance, a Fellow of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), and a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing. Liz swapped a clinical career in Intensive Care for a population health approach, focusing on environmental health and climate change. She convened Australia's National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Human Health. Her primary research interest spans all climate impacts on human health, adaptation options and strategies to boost community resilience and health sector preparedness, with a specific focus on heat exposures and disasters.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Associate Professor - Honorary, ANU -Fenner School of Environment & Society, & ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
  • 2016–2016
    Visiting Senior Fellow, ANU, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health
  • 2008–2015
    Senior Fellow, ANU, National Centere for Epidemiology & Population Health
  • 2008–2013
    Convenor, Climate Change Adaptation Research Network - Human Health, ANU
  • 2007–2008
    Curriculum Review Coordinator, La Trobe University, Bundoora
  • 2006–2006
    Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Burwood
  • 2001–2005
    Doctoral Candidate, La Trobe University, Bundoora
  • 1994–2000
    Head of School, La Trobe University, Shepparton
  • 1994–1996
    Assistant Director of Nursing, North East Health
  • 1991–1994
    Lecturer, University of Sydney

Education

  • 2006 
    La Trobe University, PhD - Environmental Health
  • 1998 
    University of Sydney, Masters of Public Health
  • 1992 
    Civil Aviation Authority (Australia) , Commercial Pilot License (Aeroplanes)
  • 1990 
    La Trobe University, BA - History & Philosophy of Science
  • 1979 
    Intensive Care, Alfred Hopsital
  • 1977 
    Registered Nurse, Alfred Hospital. Melbourne

Grants and Contracts

  • 2012
    Climate Change impacts on Workplace Heat Extremes: Health Risk Estimates and Adaptive options
    Role:
    CIA
    Funding Source:
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • 2011
    Climate Change and Rural Communities: Integrated study of physical and social impacts, health risks and adaptive options.
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • 2011
    Changing Heat: direct impacts of temperature on health – current risks and climate change projections.
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • 2010
    Scoping and Pilot Project: Health Vulnerabilities to Climate Change
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Victorian Department of Human Services
  • 2010
    Overview of Climate Change Impacts on Human Health in the Pacific
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency: PASAP

Professional Memberships

  • Committee Member: Ecology & Environmental Health Special Interest Group, PHAA
  • Chair: Environmental Health Working Group of World Federation of Public Health
  • Committee Member: Emergencies and Disaster Working Group: World Federation of Public Health Associations
  • Member: WHO-Civil Society Working Group for Action on Climate Change & Health
  • Member : Australian Academy of Science & Future Earth Australia - Just Adaptation Expert Working Group
  • Academic Editor PLOS Medicine
  • Expert Advisory Panel Climate and Health Alliance

Honours

President's Award 2017, Public Health Association of Australia, & 2020 PHAA Tony McMichael Award for Public Health Ecology and Environmental Health

Contact Liz for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision