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Dr Sari Kovats

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Teaching

  • Research Degrees. PhD Supervisor: Supervisor for Amanda Quintana [2020-2026], Indira Bose [2021-2024], Ross Thompson [2021-2024] and Second Supervisor for Luis Baptista Mieiro [2022-2026], and Antonia Hodgson at UCL [2020-2026].
  • PhD examiner (4).
  • Completed PHDs. Lloyd SJ (2020) Modelling the relation between climate change and undernutrition at the global-level: the use of multiple perspectives to gain new insights. PhD (research paper style) thesis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17037/PUBS.04657361

    Masters teaching:
  • Module Organizer Environment, Health and Sustainable Development for MSc Public Health intensive course [2010- ].
  • Stream Advisor Environmental Health stream in intensive MSc Public Health [2020-2024].

Research

Research Area
Climate change
Environmental Health
Evidence use
Health inequalities
Maternal health
Public health
Systematic reviews
Epidemiology

Selected Publications

Climate change, air pollution and maternal and newborn health: An overview of reviews of health outcomes.
Conway, F; Portela, A; FILIPPI, V; Chou, D; KOVATS, S;
2024
Journal of global health
Extreme heat, pregnancy and women's well-being in Burkina Faso: an ethnographical study.
Kadio, K; FILIPPI, V; Congo, M; Scorgie, F; Roos, N; Lusambili, A; Nakstad, B; KOVATS, S; Kouanda, S;
2024
BMJ global health
Too hot to thrive: a qualitative inquiry of community perspectives on the effect of high ambient temperature on postpartum women and neonates in Kilifi, Kenya.
Lusambili, A; KOVATS, S; Nakstad, B; FILIPPI, V; Khaemba, P; Roos, N; Part, C; Luchters, S; Chersich, M; Hess, J; Kadio, K; Scorgie, F;
2024
BMC pediatrics
Climate change and public health indicators: scoping review
KOVATS, S; Leonardi, G; TURNER, G; Israelsson, J; Murage, P; HAJAT, S;
2023
Climate change and public health indicators: scoping review
Process and outputs from a community codesign workshop on reducing impact of heat exposure on pregnant and postpartum women and newborns in Kilifi, Kenya.
Lusambili, A; Khaemba, P; Agoi, F; Oguna, M; Nakstad, B; Scorgie, F; FILIPPI, V; Hess, J; Roos, N; Chersich, M; KOVATS, S; Luchters, S;
2023
Frontiers in public health
Implementation of adaptation to climate change in public health in Europe: qualitative thematic analysis.
TURNER, G; De'Donato, F; KOVATS, S; Hoeben, A; Nordeng, Z;
2022
Lancet (London, England)
Chapter 5: Health, Communities and the Built Environment
KOVATS, S; Brisley, R;
2021
The Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Technical Report
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Evidence Report: Chapter 5, People and the Built Environment
KOVATS, S; Osborne, D;
2021
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