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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Plastics can affect health across the life cycle - first keynote of the day with Prof Joacim Rocklöv on the Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics #ISEE2026

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ECSS @ecssofficial.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🚨 Plenary 2 | #ECSS2026 Climate risks are unprecedented and sport is affected. Dr Kim van Daalen & Prof. Paquito Bernard discuss impacts on health, activity and behaviour change. 📅 09 Jul | 11:30–12:45 CEST 🔗 Visit bit.ly/3OEPxMC #WeAreSportScience

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New 📰 in @lancetgh.bsky.social ✨ Structural inequities remain deeply embedded in global health governance and knowledge production We examine how diversity is measured in global health when demographic data are unavailable, & their ethical implications. More ⤵️ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thrilled to share 2 book chapters co-authored in Global Health, Climate Change, and Emerging Infectious Diseases 🌍🦟📘 We explore how climate change is reshaping infectious disease risks globally, and the role of sex & gender in vulnerability and adaptation Read the chapters ⬇️

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Lancet Countdown Europe @countdowneurope.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

🌍Last month Lancet Countdown Europe participated in the Biomedical Campus Family Day in Cambridge with 1,000+ attendees @daalenkim.bsky.social led interactive activities exploring environment & health nexus: 🕵 Climate and Health Detective Matching Game 💧 “Safe or Not Safe?” Water Sorting Game

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

📰✨ In our new @thelancet.com Planetary Health paper, we discuss the importance of disentangling the different dimensions of urban heat vulnerability🥵 (exposure, susceptibility, and adaptive capacity) for effective and equitable adaptation👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #ClimateChange #HeatRisk

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

[NEW Pub✨] The 43 indicators in the new 2026 Lancet Countdown Europe report show that Europe is heating up and it’s increasingly impacting our health. 🥵🩺 Whilst there is progress in climate action, it’s not happening fast enough. Read in full ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🌍🌿 How does our environment shape long-term health? Join us at the Cambridge Festival to explore how air pollution, climate change, and heatwaves are impacting chronic disease. 📅 Monday 23 March, 18:00–19:30 📍 Old Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge 🎟️ Free: tinyurl.com/5dfmb9rf

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

✨New✨ Our study highlights a key tension: as global climate diplomacy grows, so does the carbon footprint of bringing people together to negotiate action. How can climate governance remain effective & inclusive while reducing the footprint of the processes supporting it? 🔗 shorturl.at/NKXy9

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A chance to learn from wonderful colleagues from across the world! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✨NEW✨ How does climate change affect sleep, and why does it matter? In our Nature Sustainability Comment, we discuss new research showing that rising temperatures may increase global sleep loss, with potential broader societal implications 🌍💤🌡️ 📰https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-026-01778-y

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 28/02/2026

New from #RSOS: Ethical considerations related to #drone use for environment and health research: a scoping review. Read more: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... @remyhs.bsky.social @daalenkim.bsky.social @msantosvega.bsky.social @gabc91.bsky.social @drrachellowe.bsky.social

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Seven countries are losing all U.S. humanitarian aid: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. these projects are being canceled because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests.” www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

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The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives

The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

As drone research expands across climate science, epidemiology, and global health, the conversation must move beyond “Can we fly?” to “Should we fly, and how do we do so responsibly?” ⚖️ 📖 🔗Read our new study, led by Dr Hoek Spaans, exploring these ethical challenges: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Used a John Snow reference in class today. Today’s undergrads do not know Game of Thrones. Please respect my privacy during this difficult time.🧓

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New Pub!✨👀 After screening 266,669 📰, we synthesised *all* evidence on diversity in academic global health. 📊 226 studies on editorial boards + 603 on authorship → representation remains limited. The evidence is (& has been) clear - it’s time for structural reform.🔥 🔗https://tinyurl.com/ymjtucz8

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Lancet Countdown Europe @countdowneurope.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🚀 We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Hannah Klauber as Co-Lead of our Economics & Finance Working Group! Joining from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, she brings her expertise to strengthen indicators, connect researchers, and shape climate-health action. 🌍 #Leadership #ClimateChange #HealthEconomics

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🌍🌱 New for young readers (8–15): How climate change affects health, and how climate action helps! Our new Frontiers for Young Minds article turns @countdowneurope.bsky.social findings into clear, hopeful insights. 🔗 Read: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 📊 Infographics: shorturl.at/wmt0X

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

New workshop paper out today with 60 of our closest friends, providing guidance on how to design a study attributing health impacts to climate change. Hopefully this helps expand the field and start closing the representation gaps we discuss in our forthcoming work link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The attribution of human health outcomes to climate change: transdisciplinary practical guidance - Climatic Change

For over 30 years, detection and attribution (D&A) studies have informed key conclusions in international and national assessments of climate science, providing compelling evidence for the reality and...

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Now is the time that I remind you that, while plague has been endemic in the western United States for 70+ years and this is a normal occurrence, our work does seem to strongly suggest climate change is increasing spillover risk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Plague risk in the western United States over seven decades of environmental change

The impacts of climate change on human and wildlife health remain poorly understood. Carlson and colleagues develop a new method for reconstructing these impacts, and show that since 1950, environmen....

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🗣️NEW SPEAKER! @profsanderlinden.bsky.social will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🚨 Our new study of 147,979 pregnancies 🤰🏻 across 9 Chinese provinces finds that combined PM₂.₅ and ozone exposure increases low birth weight risk - with critical exposure windows from preconception to the second trimester. 📄 Led by Haitong Zhe Sun, read full: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Millions of people worldwide 🌍 are chronically exposed to environmental arsenic. In this new📄, we explore whether associations between environmental arsenic & risk of adverse cardiometabolic 🫀 outcomes change in the presence of common genetic 🧬 variations. ⬇️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Climate change 🌎 poses a growing threat to workers' health, through direct exposure to environmental hazards and indirect exacerbation of social & health inequalities. Our new 📰 discusses research gaps in occupational health in the era of climate change ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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BCNUEJ @bcnuej.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Yesterday @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social served as jury members for the 2024 Ciudad de Barcelona Awards @barcelonacat.bsky.social awarding the Lancet Countdown’s Europe Report on Health & Climate Change. Congrats to lead authors @daalenkim.bsky.social @drrachellowe.bsky.social!

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

190 people have registered for our Reimagining Global Health course! You can still apply! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

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Kent Buse @kentbuse.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Shocking that UK government plans to boost defence spending by cutting aid. To add to the injustice, here is what Baroness Chapman, Minister of State for International Development, told the select committee she plans cuts to focus on: education & gender. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... #aid

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We are now on Bluesky! Follow us to keep up to date with our research and find out what goes on at the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in the @dphpc.bsky.social #cardiovasculardisease #prevention #healthcare #bigdata #globalhealth #publichealth #riskfactors

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BSC-CNS @bsc-cns.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Està preparada Catalunya per afrontar les malalties que vindran❓ 🌍L'escalfament global accelera i la globalització connecta: malalties abans llunyanes ja es transmeten localment 🗞En parla la investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social al Diari Ara ➡ www.bsc.es/ZFu #dengue #mosquits #virus

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Current Environmental Health Reports (CEHR) stands with the environmental health community amid cuts to U.S. federal health agencies during this uncertain time.💔 If your review article was recently withdrawn from EHP, CEHR may be a good fit! We welcome submissions of review articles! 📝

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UCD Research @ucdresearch.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

New research from @dadasara.bsky.social Realist #evaluation in @bmj.com Global Health looks at how & why Safe Motherhood Action Groups #SMAGs use communication to improve maternal & newborn health care-seeking in #Zambia Read paper doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015961 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDVA...

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How do the Safe Motherhood Action Groups in Zambia work?

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 07/04/2025

🌍✨ The pursuit of #GenderJustice in global health is not simply an aspiration—it’s a necessity for 📈 health outcomes & addressing inequities. Explore the intricate relationship between gender & health, obstacles to progress & key recommendations in a new Lancet Commission ➡️ hubs.li/Q03g3_-n0

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Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health

Achieving gender justice in global health—which we define as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender equality, while also addressing the drivers of gen...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A fantstic new paper by Gina E.C. Charnley et al. discussing the lessons Europe can learn on vector-borne disease control from endemic countries, and advocating for the expansion of transdisciplinary knowledge-sharing partnerships, to co-create proactive measures against vector-borne diseases. ⬇️

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Our health is intrinsically linked to the natural world. Quite simply: no nature, no health. It’s time to change the narrative! Taking action for climate and nature is taking action for our health.

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‘Our health is intrinsically linked to the natural world. Quite simply, no nature, no health’

If you think hospital waiting lists and access to GP care are challenging now, climate change will bring more difficulties

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I think every lab page needs a Marty 😍😂 @loiclnlg.bsky.social www.lannelongue-group.org

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Kent Buse @kentbuse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Pleased that our paper on shaping the narrative on #obesity was among the top ten most cited papers in #ObesityReviews Particularly pleased to bring a #humanrights dimension that is too often missing onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @worldobesity.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Incredible new @nature.com Communications paper 📃 by Meade et al. in which they synthesize the findings from over 400 laboratory-based heat exposure studies to improve understanding of the effects of heat stress on cardiac responses 🥵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Excited to be speaking at the Planetary Health Alliance webinar about the 2024 Report of the @countdowneurope.bsky.social this Wednesday! Join us on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/89999052979

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

In our new comment on behalf of the @countdowneurope.bsky.social, we reflect on the role of Europe in safeguarding the health of our planet and societies in an "America first" era. ⤵️ Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A new preprint finds that standard heat-mortality exposure-response functions underestimate excess deaths in France during August 2003 by 60%. However, incorporating the compounding effects of consecutive hot days improves the match with observed mortality. ⤵️

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

For the urban health - climate folks, the IPCC still has a call out for Chapter scientists to contribute to the IPCC Special report on Climate Change and Cities. The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 14 Feb🌹 In case of interest ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/ipcc_i...

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IPCC on LinkedIn: IPCC Working Group II TSU Call for Chapter Scientists | 19 comments

📣 Call for Applications for Chapter Scientists to support author teams for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, scheduled for release in… | 19 comments on LinkedIn

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Rachel Lowe 🌺 @drrachellowe.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

What an honour indeed! Congratulations @daalenkim.bsky.social 💜@countdowneurope.bsky.social 🎉

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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Really grateful to be (unexpectedly) awarded the 2024 Barcelona City Award in the category of Environmental and Earth Sciences 🌱 alongside my dear colleague and mentor @drrachellowe.bsky.social for our work on climate and health with the Lancet Countdown Europe! www.barcelona.cat/barcelonacul...

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Ghazaleh Moayedi, DO, MPH, FACOG @dr-moayedi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hey you! I've got the #CDC clinical guidelines you need and used saved on my website. Please feel free to reach out to me, if you have saved ones that need to be added. #Contraception #Vaccines #STI pegasushealthjustice.com/cdc 🧵

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CDC Guidelines: Contraception, STI, Vaccines — Pegasus Health Justice Center

U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use

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Kent Buse @kentbuse.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Chaos in disguise, dead cat strategy & destructive proposal all in one: #Trump's proposal for an alternative to @who.int It will undermine trust & cooperation at a time when we need to strengthen #WHO We prebunk the idea & call on countries to reject it. www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com

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