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Professor Katrina Charles' research focuses on environmental health risks, utilizing interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and construct an understanding of environmental health risks and communicate these risks to affect change. Her research team includes expertise in water quality and health social sciences, with partnerships including UNICEF and various governments, leading significant work on drinking water quality and climate resilience aimed at progressing the Sustainable Development Goal of safe drinking water quality. Prof. Charles undertook her PhD on a risk-based approach to the management of decentralized wastewater treatment systems in Sydney's drinking water catchments in Australia. She joined the University of Oxford in 2013 after previously serving as a lecturer at the University of Surrey. Currently, she leads international, interdisciplinary research related to drinking water safety and water security, targeting to improve water security for 100 million vulnerable people by 2030. Her research specifically addresses methodological development to conceptualize and measure risk, monitoring data shaping the understanding of health risks, and integrates water safety into water supply management. Prof. Charles is passionate about public engagement regarding water health and has developed partnerships to inform and empower audiences about water security.
Reuben College, University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Leads research on environmental health risks, particularly in relation to water quality and climate resilience.
University of Surrey • Surrey, England
Taught and researched on topics related to environmental health and water quality.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.