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Biography

Paul is an Environmental Health Scientist. His research interests include impacts of climate change on human health, with a particular focus on allergens and allergic diseases. It is for this research that he won the 2009 Eureka Prize for Medical Research. Paul is Director of the Lancet Countdown Oceania Regional Centre, which won the 2023 Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Tony McMichael Public Health Ecology and Environment Award. Paul was also a contributing author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC's) Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, the same year the IPCC won the Nobel Peace Prize. Paul is a Past President of the International Society of Biometeorology (having served as President from 2008-2011).

Research interests

Paul is an environmental health scientist and climate scientist with expertise and interest in the interactions between the atmospheric environment and living organisms, including humans. His research has two major areas of focus, one being health and climate change and the other being the field of aerobiology, which explores airborne particles such as pollen and fungal spores, the role of weather and climate in their temporal and spatial variability, and their impacts on human health.

Research student supervision

Paul has supervised to completion 30 Higher Degree Research candidates (17 PhD). He welcomes expressions of interest in applying for the Master of Research or PhD programs from those with an outstanding academic background. These can be in any area of Paul's research expertise, including:

climate change and human health

aerobiology

Teaching

External positions

President, International Association for Aerobiology

20242026

Environmental Health Expert Advisory Group (EHEAG) Member, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

2023 → …

Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (FRMetS), Royal Meteorological Society

2023 → …

Editorial Board Member, Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health

2020 → …

Lancet Countdown Board Member

20202024

AusPollen Aerobiology Standards Working Party Member, Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy

2019 → …

Vice President, International Association for Aerobiology

20182024

Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Biometeorology

Past President, International Society of Biometeorology

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    Paul Beggs (Participant), Janet M. Davies (Participant), Alfredo Huete (Participant), Simon Haberle (Participant), Edward J. Newbigin (Participant), Francis Thien (Participant), Anthony Capon (Participant), Elizabeth Ebert (Participant), Lewis H. Ziska (Participant) & Jeroen Buters (Participant)

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