Liz Hanna is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University Fenner school for Environment and Society - and Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions. Assoc Prof. Hanna also Chairs the Environmental Health Working Group of the World Federation of Public Health Associations. She is a Past President of the Climate and Health Alliance, a Fellow of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), and a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing. Liz swapped a clinical career in Intensive Care for a population health approach, focusing on environmental health and climate change. She convened Australia's National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Human Health. Her primary research interest spans all climate impacts on human health, adaptation options and strategies to boost community resilience and health sector preparedness, with a specific focus on heat exposures and disasters.
Experience
2017–present
Associate Professor - Honorary, ANU -Fenner School of Environment & Society, & ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
2016–2016
Visiting Senior Fellow, ANU, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health
2008–2015
Senior Fellow, ANU, National Centere for Epidemiology & Population Health
2008–2013
Convenor, Climate Change Adaptation Research Network - Human Health, ANU
2007–2008
Curriculum Review Coordinator, La Trobe University, Bundoora
2006–2006
Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Burwood
2001–2005
Doctoral Candidate, La Trobe University, Bundoora
1994–2000
Head of School, La Trobe University, Shepparton
1994–1996
Assistant Director of Nursing, North East Health
1991–1994
Lecturer, University of Sydney
Education
2006
La Trobe University, PhD - Environmental Health
1998
University of Sydney, Masters of Public Health
1992
Civil Aviation Authority (Australia) , Commercial Pilot License (Aeroplanes)
1990
La Trobe University, BA - History & Philosophy of Science
1979
Intensive Care, Alfred Hopsital
1977
Registered Nurse, Alfred Hospital. Melbourne
Grants and Contracts
2012
Climate Change impacts on Workplace Heat Extremes: Health Risk Estimates and Adaptive options
Role:
CIA
Funding Source:
National Health and Medical Research Council
2011
Climate Change and Rural Communities: Integrated study of physical and social impacts, health risks and adaptive options.
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
National Health and Medical Research Council
2011
Changing Heat: direct impacts of temperature on health – current risks and climate change projections.
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
National Health and Medical Research Council
2010
Scoping and Pilot Project: Health Vulnerabilities to Climate Change
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Victorian Department of Human Services
2010
Overview of Climate Change Impacts on Human Health in the Pacific
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency: PASAP
Professional Memberships
Committee Member: Ecology & Environmental Health Special Interest Group, PHAA
Chair: Environmental Health Working Group of World Federation of Public Health
Committee Member: Emergencies and Disaster Working Group: World Federation of Public Health Associations
Member: WHO-Civil Society Working Group for Action on Climate Change & Health
Member : Australian Academy of Science & Future Earth Australia - Just Adaptation Expert Working Group
Academic Editor PLOS Medicine
Expert Advisory Panel Climate and Health Alliance
Honours
President's Award 2017, Public Health Association of Australia, & 2020 PHAA Tony McMichael Award for Public Health Ecology and Environmental Health