Sotiris Vardoulakis is Professor of Environmental Public Health, Director of the NHMRC Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, and of the Health Research Institute at the University of Canberra. Previously he was inaugural Professor of Global Environmental Health at the Australian National University, Director of Research at the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh, and Head of the Environmental Change Department and of the Air Pollution and Climate Change Groups at Public Health England.
For more than 25 years, Sotiris has advised national and local governments and international organisations, such as the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, on climate change, air pollution, health impact analysis, risk communication, and health protection. He was a coordinating lead author of the UNEP Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-7) and a lead author of the first UK Climate Change Risk Assessment.
His current work includes coordinating nationally significant projects on bushfires, air pollution, extreme heat, clean energy, sustainable cities, and climate resilience, and providing expert input to Australia’s National Health and Climate Strategy, National Climate Risk Assessment, and multiple parliamentary and government inquiries.