Honorary Senior Fellow, Australian National University
Liz Hanna is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Australian National University Climate Change Institute. Dr Hanna is Chair of the Environmental Health Working Group of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, immediate Past President of the Climate and Health Alliance, a Fellow of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), and also Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing. She is also Chairs the Climate Change Community of Interest for the Australian College of Nursing. Liz swapped a clinical career in Intensive Care for a population health approach, focusing on environmental health and climate change, and convened Australia's National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Human Health. Her research interest spans climate impacts on human health, adaptation options and strategies to boost community resilience and health sector preparedness, with a specific focus on heat exposures and disasters.
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