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Heat and Health Research Incubator

@HeatHealth_USYD

A multi-disciplinary Research Centre striving to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat across the lifespan @syd_health @Sydney_uni | Director @Ollie_jay13

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Join us in-person for our Heat & Health Summit Series Event on Extreme Heat in Humanitarian Settings - Co-designed pop-up cooling hubs for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Susan Wakil Health Building, USYD, Camperdown
15 May 2024 3-5pm
eventbrite.com.au/e/877158794567…

Join us in-person for our Heat & Health Summit Series Event on Extreme Heat in Humanitarian Settings - Co-designed pop-up cooling hubs for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Susan Wakil Health Building, USYD, Camperdown 15 May 2024 3-5pm eventbrite.com.au/e/877158794567…
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Global Heat Health Information Network(@heathealth_info) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The 2024 SwelteringCities Summer Survey - the biggest survey on heat, health and homes in - finds the rising cost of living is impacting whether many people can afford to stay cool and safe amid rising temperatures.

ghhin.org/news/new-surve…

The 2024 @SwelteringCity Summer Survey - the biggest survey on heat, health and homes in #Australia - finds the rising cost of living is impacting whether many people can afford to stay cool and safe amid rising temperatures. ghhin.org/news/new-surve…
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Jem Cheng(@jemcheng) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us at the next instalment of the Heat and Health Summit Series: Extreme Heat in Humanitarian Settings which will focus on the work of the HHEATeam on co-designed pop-up cooling hubs for people experiencing homelessness. Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/heat-health-…

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Global Heat Health Information Network(@heathealth_info) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Internship Opportunity!

The Global Heat Health Information Network is seeking a student or young professional with an interest in , and to join our team World Meteorological Organization in Geneva for 6 months.

🗓️ Apply by 11 May: ghhin.org/news/wmo-heat-…

🚨 Internship Opportunity! The Global Heat Health Information Network is seeking a student or young professional with an interest in #publichealth, #climatechange and #heathealth to join our team @WMO in Geneva for 6 months. 🗓️ Apply by 11 May: ghhin.org/news/wmo-heat-…
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George Havenith(@EERC_lboro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great to see our friends from Sydney receive a best paper award at the chartered institute for ergonomics and human factors conference dinner tonight. Ollie Jay James Smallcombe Congratulations!!

Great to see our friends from Sydney receive a best paper award at the chartered institute for ergonomics and human factors conference dinner tonight. @ollie_jay13 @smallcombe2 Congratulations!!
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Global Heat Health Information Network(@heathealth_info) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 Call for Heat Action Plans

To build our global inventory and better understand evolving governance, we're partnering with World Health Organization (WHO) & HIGH Horizons to analyze existing plans: where they are, who they protect, and how.

Submit yours today!

ghhin.org/news/global-ca…

📢 Call for Heat Action Plans To build our global inventory and better understand evolving #heathealth governance, we're partnering with @WHO & @HIGHhorizons_EU to analyze existing plans: where they are, who they protect, and how. Submit yours today! ghhin.org/news/global-ca…
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change(@LancetCountdown) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚡ RELEASED TODAY: The latest report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Oceania

'Overall, the urgency of substantial enhancements in Australia’s mitigation and adaptation responses to the enormous health and climate change challenge cannot be overstated.'

Read more:
mja.com.au/journal/2024/2…

⚡ RELEASED TODAY: The latest report of @LancetCountdown Oceania 'Overall, the urgency of substantial enhancements in Australia’s mitigation and adaptation responses to the enormous health and climate change challenge cannot be overstated.' Read more: mja.com.au/journal/2024/2…
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Sydney Health(@syd_health) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A focus on and health, and of the health sector, are among the key implications of the latest MJA-Lancet Countdown report ☀️

A focus on #heat and health, and #decarbonisation of the health sector, are among the key implications of the latest MJA-Lancet Countdown report ☀️
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Ollie Jay(@ollie_jay13) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There’s much confusion in the public discourse about effects of

RELATIVE humidity is usually reported, but ABSOLUTE humidity determines & thus stress risk

What’s the difference? See below. Pls excuse limited drawing skills!

Heat and Health Research Incubator

There’s much confusion in the public discourse about effects of #humidity RELATIVE humidity is usually reported, but ABSOLUTE humidity determines #sweat #evaporation & thus #heat stress risk What’s the difference? See below. Pls excuse limited drawing skills! @HeatHealth_USYD
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UNDRR(@UNDRR) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🆒A cool solution for the overheated...
A mobile cooling hub – designed in collaboration with people who are homeless – provides shade and relief from the heat in Sydney, 🇦🇺 Australia.
Read more ➡️ preventionweb.net/quick/82106

🆒A cool solution for the overheated... A mobile cooling hub – designed in collaboration with people who are homeless – provides shade and relief from the heat in Sydney, 🇦🇺 Australia. Read more ➡️ preventionweb.net/quick/82106
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Tim English(@DrTimEnglish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks for covering our work on the co-designed pop-up mobile cooling hubs TAIWAN RED CROSS. We’re developing a blueprint so that others can replicate the service. Please get in contact for updates or if you think you could collaborate.

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Tim English(@DrTimEnglish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks for covering our work on the co-designed pop-up mobile cooling hubs UNDRR. We’re developing a blueprint so that others can replicate the service. Please get in contact for updates or if you think you could collaborate.

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James Smallcombe(@smallcombe2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Always inspiring to attend the Western Sydney ROC Greater Sydney Heat Taskforce meetings on behalf of Heat and Health Research Incubator and contribute to fantastic initiatives that aim to increase city-wide heat resilience and ensure our communities are able to thrive in a warming world

Always inspiring to attend the @WSROC_Australia Greater Sydney Heat Taskforce meetings on behalf of @HeatHealth_USYD and contribute to fantastic initiatives that aim to increase city-wide heat resilience and ensure our communities are able to thrive in a warming world
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