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Personal profile
Biography
Tony Capon directs the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and holds a chair in planetary health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University.
A public health physician and authority in environmental health and health promotion, his research focuses on urbanisation, sustainable development and human health. Tony is a former director of the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University (UNU-IIGH), and has previously held professorial appointments at the University of Sydney and Australian National University.
He is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on Planetary Health that published its report Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch in 2015, and the International Advisory Board for The Lancet Planetary Health.
Research area keywords
- Sustainable Development
- Planetary Health
- Environmental Health
- Health Promotion
- Urbanisation
- Human Health
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Projects
- 1 Active
Climate Change and Burden of Disease: Current Risk and Future Burden
Bi, P., Capon, T., Dear, K., Morgan, G., Zhang, Y. & Driscoll, T.
26/06/20 → 25/06/23
Project: Research
Research Output
Advancing planetary health in Australia: focus on emerging infections and antimicrobial resistance
Hill-Cawthorne, G., Negin, J., Capon, T., Gilbert, G. L., Nind, L., Nunn, M., Ridgway, P., Schipp, M., Firman, J., Sorrell, T. C. & Marais, B. J., Apr 2019, In : BMJ Global Health. 4, 2, 10 p., e001283.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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A preliminary study of the effect of dousing and foot immersion on cardiovascular and thermal responses to extreme heat
Morris, N. B., Gruss, F., Lempert, S., English, T., Hospers, L., Capon, A. & Jay, O., 8 Oct 2019, In : JAMA. 322, 14, p. 1411-1413 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
1
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Climate change and health promotion in Australia: navigating political, policy, advocacy and research challenges
Patrick, R., Armstrong, F., Hancock, T., Capon, A. & Smith, J. A., Sep 2019, In : Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 30, 3, p. 295-298 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Climate change is a health issue: what can doctors do?
Sainsbury, P., Charlesworth, K., Madden, L., Capon, A., Stewart, G. & Pencheon, D., 2019, In : Internal Medicine Journal. 49, 8, p. 1044-1048 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
3
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Ecosystem services for human health in Oceania
McFarlane, R. A., Horwitz, P., Arabena, K., Capon, A., Jenkins, A., Jupiter, S., Negin, J., Parkes, M. W. & Saketa, S., Oct 2019, In : Ecosystem Services. 39, 5 p., 100976.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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