Program
Associate Professor John Campbell
John Campbell is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Tourism and Environmental Planning at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
His work is mostly in Pacific Island Countries and has focused on the human dimensions of natural hazard reduction and climate change. His most recent research has included a participatory investigation of a relocated village in Fiji and a regional survey of community relocation as a response to climatic variability and change.
Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum
Dr Diarmid Campell-Lendrum completed both his undergraduate degree and PhD (on the behavior and ecology of sleeping sickness vectors), in the Zoology Department, Oxford University. This was followed by a move to London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 1995, and three years in Brazil, carrying out field studies on cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in different ecological regions. His skills acquired have been applied in a series of projects analysing health surveillance data and using these to develop and test predictive maps of the risk of a range of vectorborne diseases, including Chagas disease and leishmaniasis in South America, and dengue in Thailand. His other main area of work at LSHTM has been on quantitative evaluations of the likely health impacts of global climate change.
In 2003, Dr Campell-Lendrum joined the WHO Department of Protection of the Human Environment where he works on the secretariat of the Health and Environment Linkages Initiative, run jointly by WHO and the UN Environment Program. This aims to facilitate effective policies to link environment and health considerations alongside the drive for economic growth in developing countries. His other major area of work is on assessing health risks from global environmental change, and developing responses. This includes contributions to international reviews of ecosystem-health links, such as within the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, and WHO publications on climate change and health.
It also includes developing projects to help countries to adapt to minimize the health effects of climate change in vulnerable populations. He continues to work the areas of predictive mapping of vector-borne disease and on global environmental change.
Associate Professor John Coveney
John Coveney is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at Flinders University, Adelaide. He has established a high profile as an energetic advocate for health promotion and food policy issues through regular contribution to academic, professional and public activities, conferences and debates to influence health policy and practice. John has worked in clinical nutrition, and community and public health in Australia and overseas. He is the author of two books, numerous book chapters and peer-review articles. He is currently associate editor for the journal Critical Public Health.
Mr Bruce Esplin
Mr Bruce Esplin was appointed Victoria's first Emergency Services Commissioner in June 2000. This unique role in Australia is responsible for providing independent advice to government relating to emergency issues and ensuring a co-ordinated approach to emergency management in the State of Victoria.
Bruce has played a central role in the whole of government response to many major emergencies in Victoria including bushfires, gas explosions, extreme storms and floods, and critical infrastructure failure. He has also co-ordinated Victoria's emergency response to international crises such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Bali, Madrid and Jakarta embassy bombings, Australia's response to the tsunami in South East Asia, and the London bombings in 2005.
More recently Bruce played a key role in planning for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne reviewing security and emergency management arrangements, and independently undertaking risk assessment for the games as a special adviser to government.
Mr Kevin Hennessy
Kevin Hennessy is a Principle Research Scientist at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. He has been a member of CSIRO's Climate Impact Group http://www.dar.csiro.au/impacts for 18 years, and became Deputy Leader in 2005. The Group analyses past changes in climate, develops regional climate change projections and assesses potential impacts. He is a member of the NSW Greenhouse Advisory Panel and a Coordinating Lead Author of the "Australia and New Zealand" chapter of the forthcoming IPCC assessment of "Climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability".
Professor Glenn McGregor
Glenn McGregor is Professor of Physical Geography and Climatology, King's College London, Chief Editor of the International Journal of Climatology, the World Meteorological Organisation's Lead Expert on Climate and Health and contributing author for the Working Group II Health Chapter of the 4th IPCC Assessment Report on climate change.
Professor Tony McMichael
Professor Tony McMichael heads the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the ANU. His epidemiological research has spanned occupational diseases; diet, nutrition and disease; and environmental influences on health. During 1993-2001 he chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment of health impacts. Along with many scientific papers, his books include “Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses” (2003).