Environment & Health (EH)
Published in 11/6/2021
Coordinator: Adelaide Almeida
Co-coordinator: Regina Duarte
- Water, air, soil and health
- Urban environmental health
- Food safety
- Emerging environmental health threats
- Innovative health solutions
- Environmentally-friendly technologies
- Ecosystem services and human well-being
- Industry-driven innovation assistance
Overview:
The EH Thematic Line is related with the growing evidence of the role of the environment as a determinant of human health. The main goals are to understand the interactions between the environment and human health, in order to support policies and strategies that contribute to mitigate effects of emerging environmental threats and the environmental burden of disease; and to identify and develop nature-based innovative and sustainable solutions to address human health protection challenges.
Contributing Research Groups:
- Adaptation Biology & Ecological Processes (ABEP)
- Analytical Sensors & Applied Eco-Chemistry (ASAEC)
- Aquatic Toxicology & Risk Assessment (ATRA)
- Atmospheric Processes & Modelling (APM)
- Biogeochemical Processes & Pollutants (BPP)
- Coastal and Deep-Ocean Ecology & Conservation (CDEC)
- Environmental Changes, Hazards & Conservation (ECHC)
- Marine Biotecnology & Aquaculture (MBA)
- Resources Circularity Assessment & Technology (RCAT)
- Socio-Ecological Systems Analysis, Management & Planning (SES)
- Stress Biology (SB)
