UCLouvain

Joris van Loenhout (PhD) is a senior researcher in the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, UCLouvain, Belgium. He obtained his PhD from Radboud University. He has coordinated and been involved in a number of EU projects on environmental epidemiology (PRONET, FP6; Climate-TRAP, DG Sanco) and disasters (ENHANCE, FP7; BRIGAID, H2020; SCORCH, DG ECHO). Joris has worked since 2009 on heat and health research, resulting in five peer-reviewed publications. He is currently lead researcher in the SCORCH project, on improving heatwave preparedness in the EU Neighbourhood. He also carried out a study on the impact of Typhoon Haiyan on local hospitals.