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Contact Details

Email
simon.hales@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
MB BChir MPH (Otago) PhD
Research summary
Environmental epidemiology

Research

Simon is an environmental epidemiologist with an interest in the atmospheric environment and global issues. Simon's current projects include:
  • assessing health aspects of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (NZ and Fiji)
  • 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
  • health impact assessment of air pollution exposure

Publications

Yang, Z., Huang, W., McKenzie, J. E., Xu, R., Yu, P., Wu, Y., … Hales, S., … Li, S. (2025). Hospitalization risks associated with floods in a multi-country study. Nature Water, 3(5), 561-570. doi: 10.1038/s44221-025-00425-8 Journal - Research Article

Baker, M., Kerr, J., Hales, S., & Chapman, R. (2025). Earth Overshoot Day: Should Aotearoa New Zealand be more like Uruguay? The Briefing, (30 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/earth-overshoot-day-should-aotearoa-new-zealand-be-more-uruguay Journal - Research Other

Pourzand, F., Chambers, T., Hales, S., & Baker, M. (2025). Unsafe waters: The hidden Campylobacter infection risk in rural New Zealand. The Briefing, (10 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/unsafe-waters-hidden-campylobacter-infection-risk-rural-new-zealand Journal - Research Other

Neale, P. J., Hylander, S., Banaszak, A. T., Häder, D.-P., Rose, K. C., Vione, D., … Hales, S., … Zepp, R. G. (2025). Environmental consequences of interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2024. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s43630-025-00687-x Journal - Research Article

Pourzand, F., Kim, A. H. M., Chambers, T., Grout, L., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2025). Examining campylobacteriosis disease notification rates: Association with water supply characteristics. Environmental Research, 271, 121064. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121064 Journal - Research Article

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