Cristina O'Callaghan Gordo

Professor Agregat Health Sciences Department

Planetary Health is the new paradigm that has to allow us to continue improving human's health globally within the limits of the planet.

Research group
GRSP
Area
Health sciences
Membership Center
Faculties

ODS:

  • 3 - Health and well-being
  • 4 - Quality education

My research encompasses the field of planetary health, that is, the study of the impacts on human health caused by anthropogenic disruptions of the Earth's natural systems, taking into account the political, economic and social systems in which these interactions take place. As an epidemiologist, I study the association between exposure to different environmental factors and non-communicable diseases at a global scale.

Currently, my main research lines are the following:

i) association between heat stress and kidney diseases, including the study of idiopathic chronic kidney disease;

ii) urbanization and health, with a particular interest in exposure to cities' green spaces;

iii) environmental epidemiology and indigenous communities, particularly the study of pollution related with mining industries.