Publicity
Below are some articles which has featured some of my work.
June 2025
I continue to work in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in order to assess the air pollution exposures. We previously did a release of estimates for 2010-2019, however this was released during the pandemic, so nothing public facing was released. In 2025-2026, I worked toward producing an updated set of population exposures and the burden of disease associated with ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution between 2010 and 2023. This work was the first release in over five years and allowed the WHO to analyse long-term trends in global air pollution for the first time, and this featured in a small number of articles that can be found below.
World Health Organization - New SDG data shows stalled progress on air pollution and health
World Economic Forum - WHO says progress stalling on air pollution, and other health stories
Development Aid - New SDG data shows stalled progress on air pollution and health
May 2018
In 2017-2018, I continued to work in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) during my PhD. During this time, we produced the a set of population exposures and the burden of disease associated with ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution between 2010 and 2016. This work again was a step change and allowed the WHO to analyse trends in global air pollution for the first time. This featured widely in the press during May 2018, and a select number of articles can be found below.
University of Exeter - Nine out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air, new data shows
The i News - Revealed: The map that shows most of us are living in areas with ‘unsafe’ air pollution
BBC News - UK’s most polluted towns and cities revealed
The Guardian - Air pollution inequality widens between rich and poor nations
airqualitynews.com - WHO links 7 million deaths to particulate pollution
CNN - Which cities face most, least air pollution according to new WHO data
September 2016
In 2015-2016, I worked in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) as part of my PhD. During this time, we produced a set of population exposures and the burden of disease associated with ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution in 2014. This work provided a step change in the way that the WHO estimates global exposures to air pollution, and this work featured widely in the press during September 2016, and a select number of articles can be found below.
University of Bath - Outdoor air pollution exceeds WHO limits for 90% of UK population
SAMBa CDT - SAMBa newsletter January 2017
BBC News - Polluted air affects 92% of global population, says WHO.
Guardian - China tops WHO list for deadly outdoor air pollution