Kristine Belesova

Dr Kristine Belesova is an environmental epidemiologist with background in sustainable development. She is interested in studying the impacts of global environmental changes on health and nutrition, in monitoring of systems sustaining planetary health, and in the development and evaluation of transformative solutions for health and sustainability. Kristine’s research has primarily focussed on the indirect effects of climate change on child undernutrition and mortality related to crop yield reductions in subsistence farming populations of Sub Saharan Africa, including epidemiological analyses and future projections. She is also involved in transdisciplinary research projects on health and sustainability of Peri-Urban & Urban Systems, and low-income settlements, including the Wellcome Trust funded CUSSH consortium. Kristine is leading the development of a Planetary Health Watch system aimed at integrated monitoring of factors related to health impacts of global environmental changes, drivers of these changes, and policy responses to protect health. She is also involved in the Lancet Countdown initiative on tracking global progress on climate change and health and the Pathfinder initiative aiming to identify evidence based solution for a healthy, zero carbon future.

Twitter: @kbelesova