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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Sustainable Development
- Planetary Health
- Environmental Health
- Health Promotion
- Urbanisation
- Human Health
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Planetary Health Histories: Developing Concepts
Anderson, W. H., Troy, J., Capon, T. & Sorlin, S.
30/03/22 → 29/03/25
Project: Research
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Better Environment, Healthier Ageing
Guo, Y., Li, S., Huxley, R., Dharmage, S. C., Lim, Y. Y., Rawson, H., Morawska, L., McKenzie, J., Ryan, J., Cain, S., Ademi Delaney, Z., Song, J., Xu, R., Jay, O., McNeil, J., Capon, T., Jalaludin, B. B., Pearce, C., Smith, K., Greening, C., Griffiths, D., Collie, A., Walker-Bone, K. & Levinger, P.
1/06/22 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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Climate Change and Human Health in Asia: Current Impacts, Future Risks, and Health Benefits of Mitigation Policies
Guo, Y., Capon, T., Bi, P., Jalaludin, B. B., Zhang, Y., Green, D., Hu, W., Arblaster, J., Li, S., Phung, D., Huxley, R., Li, T., Kan, H., Kim, H. H., Hales, S., Peng, W., Binti Mahjom, M. & Phuleria, H.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Climate Change and Burden of Disease: Current Risk and Future Burden
Bi, P., Capon, T., Dear, K., Morgan, G. G., Zhang, Y. & Driscoll, T.
26/06/20 → 25/06/23
Project: Research
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A practice framework for transdisciplinary collaboration: insights for sustainability transition research in the Global South
Wardani, J., Bos, A., Ramirez-Lovering, D. & Capon, T., Jun 2024. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Health system responses to climate change in Australia
Bone, A., Bos, A., Vyas, A., Wyns, A., Armstrong, F., Bragge, P. & Capon, A., 2024, Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability. Braithwaite, J., Zurynski, Y. & K‑lynn Smith, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 110-129 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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The effect of prescription and over-the-counter medications on core temperature in adults during heat stress: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hospers, L., Dillon, G. A., McLachlan, A. J., Alexander, L. M., Kenney, W. L., Capon, A., Ebi, K. L., Ashworth, E., Jay, O. & Mavros, Y., Nov 2024, In: eClinicalMedicine. 77, 14 p., 102886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Towards a practice framework for transdisciplinary collaboration in planetary health
Wardani, J., Bos, J. J. A., Ramirez-Lovering, D. & Capon, A. G., 2024, In: Global Sustainability. 7, p. 1-22 22 p., e16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Advancing the Australian global health community's commitment to climate change and global health
Bone, A., Kaur, P., Capon, A., Lin, V. K. W., Tu'itahi, S., Bowen, K., Watts, N., Fisher, J. R. W., Stewart, P. J., Evans, H. & Lo, S. N., 11 Dec 2023, In: The Medical Journal of Australia. 219, 11, p. 533-534 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Press/Media
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The Climate Crisis [documentary episode]
David Holmes, Alan Reid, Tony Capon, Anna Skarbek, Andrew Mackintosh, Julie Arblaster & James Goldie
16/03/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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The urgent need to transform healthcare education to address climate change
Gabrielle Brand, Gitanjali Bedi & Tony Capon
28/01/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature