The HEAL Network
healenviron.bsky.social
The HEAL Network
@healenviron.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to Professor James Ward from The University of Queensland on being awarded the 2025 Australian Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for project titled, “Transforming cities for Indigenous Peoples’ social and emotional wellbeing,”!
arc.gov.au/2025-laureat...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
🚨 Look at this fantastic line-up of keynote speakers for #HEAL2025 🎤
Join us & hear from leading researchers, First Nations leaders, policymakers & community advocates share insights on the urgent #health, #climate, & #environmental challenges facing us.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🌏 💚 #HEAL2025 will beginning with “Global South”, next Mon 3rd Nov 2025, online 1.00 – 4.30pm AEDT, 9am – 12.30pm ICT & 7.30 - 11.00am IST.
Brings together leading voices to spotlight innovative responses to #climatechange aiming to reduce its #healthimpacts & costs across Australia & Asia-Pacific.
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“We have forgotten our role to be carers – to live in balance and harmony with the environment.” said Assoc. Prof Matthews regarding the upcoming #HEAL2025.
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This great article by
@CroakeyNews - www.croakey.org/weaving-dive...

#climatechange #publichealth #climatehealth
October 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
📢 We are so excited only 1 week to go - REGISTER NOW for #HEAL2025
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October 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
📢 Explore the transformative potential of Indigenous-led, right-based approaches to #climatelitigation as a pathway to #climatejustice, chaired by Veronica Matthews, with panelists Francis Nona, Jan McDonald and Kate Wylie.
👉 Register for #HEAL2025, no fees healnetwork.vfairs.com
#indigenousrights
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We are looking for a dynamic Comms & Engagement Coordinator to join the #HEALNetwork Global Research Centre
@UniCanberra.
👉Translate groundbreaking research into climate & health policy
👉Improve community health, the Australian health system, & environment
📢Closes 2Nov shorturl.at/pcFpL
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🌏 Just 2 weeks to go until #HEAL2025 & Day 1 Global South kicks off!
Hear from leading voices across Australia & internationally on community-led responses to #climatehealth.
#HEALHAZE #CANBREATHE #CE4HEAL
FREE to register - healnetwork.vfairs.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌿 Powerful yarn at today’s #HEALNetwork Investigators webinar!
Assoc Prof Matthews & Dr Sedan-Price shared the @HEALenviron Cultural Governance Framework — guiding respectful, inclusive research that honours Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander knowledges.
🎥 Recording at healnetwork.org.au
October 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🌿Great to host Dr Jinhui Li from @UIC yesterday at @HEALenviron Global Research Centre at HRI UC. Her research on #environmentalexposures, cancer epi & health disparities was inspiring!
We shared #HEALHAZE #CANBREATHE #ClimateRes - a day full of collaboration! 🌏🤝
#ClimateHealth #publichealth
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🆕New research: #Indoor #airpollution in rural Indian kitchens 🏡🔥Cooking with solid biomass fuels is a common practice, but the #PM created is a pollutant that is damaging to our #health, 1st time linking health, particle morphology, chemistry and toxicology www.mdpi.com/2813-4168/3/...
October 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🎉 <4 weeks to go until HEAL 2025! Registration is FREE!
👥 Connect with leading researchers, First Nations leaders, policymakers & community advocates
🌡️ Explore bold responses to climate change, biosecurity & health equity across Australia & Asia-Pacific healnetwork.vfairs.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
📢 Join us for the next #HEALNetwork Investigators Webinar!! 🌱All are welcome! 🔗 Register here:
events.humanitix.com/heal-webinar...
#culturalframework #Indigenousresearch #Climatehealth #researchprioirites #inequities
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🆕Research alert🧬A newly published systematic review reveals in Thailand lower overall prevalence (~3.6%) of Enterobiasis (aka threadworm or pinworm infection) than global/regional estimates- but it's still a significant concern for children mdpi.com/2076-3271/13...
#PublicHealth
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📢 Come & join the #HEALNetwork GRC at HRI - UC. We’re on the lookout for dedicated & innovative Post-Doctoral Researchers in #Environmental #Health Modelling to join our dynamic team!
#climatehealth #PublicHealth #climate
Closes 11.55pm AEDT, 28 Oct 2025: uctalent.canberra.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
October 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🔥 Woodsmoke & health study update!
UC GRC & WIMR just wrapped up fieldwork in Sydney. Huge thanks to the team & amazing participants 🙌💚
Sensors, air filters, lung tests & diaries — all done over 8 weeks! Now recruiting - VIC, ACT & TAS next winter ❄️#AirQuality #Asthma #CleanAir🌬️
September 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
SE Asia Day 1 | Field Visits in Palembang, Indonesia
As part of the ongoing #HEALHAZE and #CANBREATHE collaboration, the @HEALenviron team spent a day in Palembang, Indonesia, engaging with schools, local government, and community members.
#CleanAir #ClimateHealth #AirPollution
September 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
✨6 weeks to go until #HEAL2025!

'Thanks for the conference opportunity & particularly the free registration. That type of accessibility is invaluable as it's getting very hard to access funds for registration & related travel' - #HEAL2024 Testimonial'
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September 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Did you know the 'Health and Wellbeing Technical Report' as part of the National Climate Risk Assessment, cited several publications including a 2014 study by #HEALNetwork Director- Prof Sotiris Vardoulakis. #climatehealth
The study was highlighted & he responded
theaustralian.com.au/nation/cold-...
theaustralian.com.au
September 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
' #HEALNetwork welcomes the release of 1st National Climate Risk Assessment & National Adaptation Plan. It's clear #climatechange poses severe & escalating risks to the #health of communities & environment, requiring proactive & strategic adaptation in the health sector & beyond' - Prof Vardoulakis
September 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
As the weather warms across Australia, #HEALNetwork GRC has launched an Australian-first #ClimateRes project to assess how community centres can provide shelter from exposure, & drive #climatechange adaptation in the face of changing urban environments. www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med...
UC’s HEAL Global Research Centre to assess community centres as shelters from heatwaves and bushfire smoke
As part of the Climate Resilience Centres project, University of Canberra researchers and collaborators across Canberra and NSW will look at libraries and other public spaces to protect communities an...
www.canberra.edu.au
September 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The #HEALNetwork – SA Hub was quote in this article -'the scale of the bloom reflects global climate shifts. Australia must show regional leadership on #climatemitigation while also preparing for ongoing adaptation'.
Algal bloom threatens health, culture and Country www.croakey.org/algal-bloom-...
Algal bloom threatens health, culture and Country – national inquiry told
Introduction by Croakey: Remarkably, the terms of reference for a Senate inquiry into the algal bloom in South Australia do
www.croakey.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Happy 🌬️ International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 💙 In Australia, a National #CleanAir Strategy with dedicated resources for leadership & implementation, to tackle health & wellbeing impacts of air pollution is vital so we all can breathe clean air and safe air
safeair.org.au/open-letter/
Open letter - Centre for Safe Air
Australia needs a National Clean Air Strategy. An open letter to all 2025 Federal Election candidates.
safeair.org.au
September 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
⏰ Just hours left to submit your Abstract for #HEAL2025! 🎉 Shoutout to Dr Price and Ms Oberai — last year’s best EMCR e-Poster Award winners! 👏

Get yours in before it’s too late!
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#PublicHealth #Climatehealth #ResearchImpact
September 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🌬️ #AirPollution is a hidden #PublicHealth risk—especially for people with #Asthma & CALD communities.
📢 New research shows CALD groups face greater exposure & fewer protections. #HEALNetwork is raising awareness with bilingual tools to empower action!
healnetwork.org.au/heal-observa...
September 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM