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Heather Walton specializes in air pollution health impact assessment, focusing on benefits analysis and cost-benefit evaluations as indicated in the UK National Air Quality Strategy 2007. She has worked on quantifying health benefits through the UK Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) since 1996, chairing a subgroup dedicated to the quantification of air pollution risk. Walton has been an invited expert on projects such as ‘Review of Health Aspects of Air Pollution’ and ‘Health Risks of Air Pollution in Europe’, where she established concentration-response functions for use in cost-benefit analysis in policy-making across Europe. Her published works address the health benefits associated with air pollution alert services and detail the health burden from air pollution in London. Walton previously served in a scientific capacity within the civil service, where she ensured that scientific evidence regarding air pollution and health was effectively communicated to inform policy decisions. With a background in biochemistry and training in toxicology, she has had extensive collaborations with various institutions including Public Health England and the Health Effects Institute, among others, and she supervises post-doctoral fellows within her field.
Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.