The Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) Management Committee has welcomed seven new expert members from Australia, Canada, France, India, Senegal, Singapore, and the United States. These members will contribute to the Networks efforts to protect populations from the avoidable health risks of extreme heat in our changing climate.

• Ollie Jay, University of Sydney
• Gregory Richardson, Government of Canada
• Mathilde Pascal, Santé Publique France
• Abhiyant Tiwari, Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management
• Ousmane Ndiaye, ANACIM Senegal
• Jason Lee, National University of Singapore
• Ladd Keith, University of Arizona

“These new additions come at such a crucial time for our Network,” said Joy Shumake-Guillemot (Lead of the WHO/WMO Joint Office for Climate and Health in Geneva Switzerland, and co-coordinator of GHHIN), “The work we’ve done since our 2018 inception has been met with increased funding and new partnerships with leading organizations in the climate and health space. As the demand for our expertise has grown, so has the need for a diverse, agile and engaged Management Team.”

The experts join the Management Committee in time to guide a rapidly growing suite of new projects and initiatives the Network will undertake in 2022, including:

• a joint WHO / Health Canada project on indoor heat;
• updating WMO-WHO heat early warning system guidance; 
• collaborating with the Lancet Countdown team on heat related indicators, and; 
• collaborative research with new Red Cross community research projects (winners to be announced soon), and new affiliated projects CHANMHA, Exhaustion, and the HEat and HEalth African Transdisciplinary Center (HE2AT Center), among others. 

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GHHIN Management Team

Public Health Research and Policy/Practice Experts

• Joy Shumake-Guillemot, WMO/WHO Joint Office (Switzerland)
• Kristie Ebi, University of Washington School of Public Health (United States)
• Shubhayu Saha, US Centers for Disease Control (United States)
• Sari Kovats, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom)
• Emer O’Connell, Health Security Agency (United Kingdom)
• Kim Knowlton, Natural Resources Defense Council (United States)
• Virginia Murray, Health Security Agency (United Kingdom)
• Mathilde Pascal, Sante Publique France (France)

Thermal Physiology (Occupational and Sports)

• Jason Lee, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
• Ollie Jay, University of Sydney (Australia)

Humanitarian, Urban, Architecture & Infrastructure, Nature-based and Sustainability Experts

• Ren Chao, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• Julie Arrighi, Red Cross Climate Centre (United States)
• Ladd Keith, University of Arizona (United States)
• Gregory Richardson, Health Canada (Canada)
• Abhiyant Tiwari, Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (India)

Applied Climate and Meteorology Experts

• Juli Trtanj, NOAA, Climate Program Office (United States)
• Hunter Jones, NOAA, Climate Program Office (United States)
• Kumar Kolli, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (India)
• Hannah Nissan, Willis Towers Watson (United Kingdom)
• Glenn McGregor, Durham University (United Kingdom)
• Yolanda Clewlow, UKMet Office (United Kingdom)
• Andreas Matzarakis, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) Research Centre Human Biometeorology (Germany)
• Ousmane Ndiaye, ANACIM (Senegal)

Young Professional/Student Members:

• Chris Boyer, University of Washington (United States)
• TBD (Selection pending) 

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JOIN OUR TEAM: The Network is seeking a Technical Support Unit Manager to support this growing work plan. Deadline: 4 April 2022