2021-12-07

Professor Emily Chan, CEO of GX, invited to give a talk at the Seminar on Air Quality and Health

Professor Emily Ying Yang Chan, CEO of GX and Director of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), was invited to give a talk at the Seminar on Air Quality and Health organised by MAP-AQ Asian Office Shanghai and IRDR ICoE-RIG-WECEIPHE at Fudan University.

Professor Chan presented the findings of her team's research on climate change and public health in Hong Kong over the past 10 years. By utilising the Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) framework and WHO classification of hazards, her team systematically examined impacts of hot and cold seasons and air pollutants on mortality, including respiratory and cardiovascular mortality, and hospital admissions, including asthma and mental disorder admissions. Health-EDRM along the Belt and Road Region is one of the priority work areas of GX Foundation.