Project Information
Research Driver Programme: Social and Environmental Determinants of Health
Title: Ultraviolet radiation, air pollution and health: a linked data analysis
Summary:
Our current and future health is influenced by the environments that we live in. As a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh, I am working to achieve the objectives of Health Data Research UK Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Program. I am linking ultraviolet radiation and air pollution data to existing, longitudinal administrative records from healthcare services, a historic dataset and a recruited cohort. Understanding how these factors affect individual health creates opportunities for evidence-based interventions.
What is your motivation for undertaking this project and how will this funding impact your research?
I am interested in how built and physical environments “get under the skin” to affect our health and well-being at the population-level. HDRUK funding gives me the opportunity to process and link environmental data to rich administrative health datasets to examine the relationships between environmental factors and health.
