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George Downward

Assistant Professor

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Human activities have a profound and lasting impact on our environment. These changes in turn, come back to impact our own health and well-being - often unfairly as we see again and again those who pollute the least suffering the worst of our changing environment.
My work involves examining, and teaching, how our activities lead to these changes in the environment and the impact these changes have upon us as a global community.

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Recent publications

Advancing Societally Engaged and International Planetary Health Education Julia Addison, Ellen Mangnus, Dianne J. Cunanan, George S. Downward, Lianne de Jong, Judith van de Kamp, Camilla Alay Llamas, Renzo R. Guinto, Joyce L. Browne
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2025, vol. 29, p.35-50
Assessment of personal and residential outdoor fine particulate matter exposure using low-cost sensors in a long-Covid patient population Laura Houweling, Judith C.S. Holtjer, G. S. Downward, L. D. Bloemsma, E. R. Gijsbers, E. E. de Waard, A. H. Maitland-Van der Zee, G. Hoek, R. C.H. Vermeulen,
Environmental Advances, 2025, vol. 21
Conceptual frameworks, competencies, contents and teaching methods in planetary health education for health students and professionals Carme Carrion, Camilla Alay Llamas, Eka Dian Safitri, Carola Domènech-Panicello, George S Downward, Ardi Findyartini, Nadia Greviana, Indah Kartika Murni, Sie Meng Lee, Mireia Llimós, Ariadna Moreno, Shannon Leigh O'Brien, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Diantha Soemantri, Indah Suci Widyahening, Respati Wulansari Ranakusuma, Dewi Yunia Fitriani, Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo
BMC Medical Education, 2025, vol. 25
Air pollution exposure and incidence of cardiometabolic diseases Shradha Mishra, Ilonca Vaartjes, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Esmée M Bijnens, Jolanda M A Boer, George S Downward, Roel C H Vermeulen, W Monique M Verschuren, Tim S Nawrot, Erik J Timmermans
Health & place, 2025, vol. 93
Climate, Air Quality and Their Contribution to Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Stephaney Gyaase, Solomon Nyame, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kwaku Poku Asante, George S Downward
Global Heart, 2025, vol. 20
Collective knowledge exchange through regional hubs Camilla Alay Llamas, Renzo Guinto, Julia Addison, Nazmul Alam, Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Vicente Artola Arita, Noa Kolpa, Juliette Mattijsen, Ying Zhang, George S. Downward, Joyce L. Browne
Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2024, vol. 29, p.849-855