Thomas Astell-Burt

Thomas Astell-Burt is the Professor of Population Health and Environmental Data Science at the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the Founding Co-Director of the Population Wellbeing and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab; https://www.PowerLab.site). Thomas is an ARC Future Fellow in nature-based solutions for loneliness, having recently completed an NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow (1 of only 4 awarded in public health in Australia). Thomas has a long-standing interest in the relationship between nature and human health, especially on the potential of green space to enrich environments for prevention of depression, diabetes and dementia, as well as common co-determinants such as physical inactivity, poor sleep, and loneliness.