Dr. Christine Cowie

Biography

Christine Cowie is an environmental epidemiologist and Senior Research Fellow at the UNSW South West Sydney Clinical School and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, affiliated with the NHMRC CRE Centre Safe Air. Her major research focuses on quantifying the health effects of air pollution exposures and developing appropriate tools for exposure measurement. She has special interest in urban exposures and health effects related to traffic pollution, as well as the impacts of woodsmoke pollution, which is often unrecognized as a significant source of urban pollution. Additionally, Christine researches the effects of indoor emissions from gas appliances and bushfire smoke, along with the potential health impacts associated with energy transitions. With a decade of environmental health research at the NSW Public Health Unit, she has worked closely with the NSW Health Department's Environmental Health Branch, focusing on water quality and lead contamination issues, and has contributed to the establishment of new regulatory programs for water monitoring in New South Wales. Christine holds a PhD earned in 2013, and her thesis investigated air quality changes and health impacts following the opening of the Lane Cove Tunnel in Sydney.

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