The objective of the Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change (SIHHEC) was to strengthen the Australian health system’s resilience, preparedness and responsiveness to changing environmental conditions and extreme weather events by establishing a collaborative, multidisciplinary network that builds national research capacity and capability in human health and environmental change.
The application underwent expert peer review and was found to be of a high quality and relevant to the objectives of the call.
Details of the awarded grant are:
- Title: Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) National Research Network on Human Health and Environmental Change (App ID 2008937)
- Total Budget: $10,000,000
- Grant Duration: 2021 to 2027
| Chief Investigators | Administering and Participating Institutions |
|---|---|
| Professor Sotiris Vardoulakis | University of Canberra |
| Associate Professor Carmel Williams | South Australian Academic Health Science and Translation Centre |
| Professor Guy Marks | University of New South Wales |
| Professor Lucie Rychetnik | The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre |
| Associate Professor Anthony Kiem | The University of Newcastle |
| Professor Kerrie Mengersen | Queensland University of Technology |
| Professor Peter Le Souef | University of Western Australia |
| Doctor Veronica Matthews | University of Sydney |
| Professor James Ward | The University of Queensland |
| Professor John Wakerman | Menzies School of Health Research |
| Associate Professor Geoffrey Morgan | University of Sydney |
| Professor Tom Kompas | University of Melbourne |
| Associate Professor Luke Knibbs | University of Sydney |
| Professor Sandra Eades | Curtin University |
| Professor Erica Donner | University of South Australia |
| Professor Mat Santamouris | University of New South Wales |
| Professor Alexandra Barratt | University of Sydney |
| Professor Alan Cass | Menzies School of Health Research |
| Professor David Bowman | University of Tasmania |
| Associate Professor Richard Norman | Curtin University |
| Professor Nanthi Bolan | The University of Newcastle |
| Professor Fay Johnston | University of Tasmania |
| Professor Tony Blakely | University of Melbourne |
| Professor Mark Howden | Australian National University |
| Professor Bin Jalaludin | University of New South Wales |
| Professor Wenbiao Hu | Queensland University of Technology |
| Professor Raina MacIntyre | University of New South Wales |
| Professor Corey Bradshaw | Flinders University |
| Associate Professor Andrew Butt | RMIT University |
| Doctor Sean Taylor | Department of Health NT |
| Associate Professor Linda Ford | Charles Darwin University |
| Professor Priya Rajagopalan | RMIT University |
| Associate Professor Ricardo Soares Magalhaes | The University of Queensland |
| Doctor Ivan Hanigan | University of Sydney |
| Doctor Noel Nannup | Telethon Kids Institute |
| Professor Cordia Chu | Griffith University |
| Professor Lidia Morawska | Queensland University of Technology |
| Professor Marion Kickett | Curtin University |
| Professor Rebecca Ivers | University of New South Wales |
| Associate Professor Nicholas Osborne | The University of Queensland |
| Doctor Caitlin Wyrwoll | University of Western Australia |
| Professor Quentin Grafton | Australian National University |
| Professor Colleen Lau | The University of Queensland |
| Professor Christine Phillips | Australian National University |
| Professor Iain Walker | Australian National University |
| Professor Craig Williams | University of South Australia |
| Professor Rebecca Bentley | University of Melbourne |
| Doctor Brad Farrant | Telethon Kids Institute |
| Professor Philip Hansbro | University of Technology Sydney |
| Associate Professor Xiaoqi Feng | University of New South Wales |