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Simon hales photoBA MB BChir (Cambridge) MPH PhD (Otago)

Research Professor; HEIRU

Contact details

Email simon.hales@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

Simon is an environmental epidemiologist with an interest in the atmospheric environment and global issues.

Simon's current projects include:

  • empirical modelling of air pollution and health
  • assessing health aspects of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
  • estimating the global burden of disease attributable to climate change
  • empirical modelling of communicable disease in relation to climate
  • health co benefits of climate change mitigation

Publications

Yu, W., Xu, R., Huang, W., Yang, Z., Ye, T., Yu, P., … Hales, S., … Guo, Y. (2026). Regional variations in emergency care vulnerability to summer heat. Nature Communications. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-73338-z Journal - Research Article

Hales, S., Prickett, M., & Baker, M. (2026). Climate change risk report exposes serious public health policy gaps. The Briefing, (25 May). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/climate-change-risk-report-exposes-serious-public-health-policy-gaps Journal - Research Other

Wen, B., Wu, Y., Xu, R., Yu, P., Liu, Y., Yu, W., … Hales, S., … Li, S. (2026). Mortality risk due to non-optimum temperatures by cause of death, age, and sex: A multi-country time-series study. eClinicalMedicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.103920 Journal - Research Article

Yu, P., Xu, R., Huang, W., Liu, Y., Yang, Z., Abramson, M. J., … Hales, S., … Guo, Y. (2026). Source-specific short-term-ozone exposure and specific cancer mortality risk: A multi-country study in 11,215 communities. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 508, 141822. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141822 Journal - Research Article

Chambers, T., Hales, S., Pourzand, F., Dean, F., Kim, A. H. M., Puente-Sierra, M., … Baker, M. G. (2026). Drinking water quality and enteric disease: A nationwide case-crossover study (2015-2019) in New Zealand. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41370-026-00857-8 Journal - Research Article

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