MME (Stockholm), Med Dr (Stockholm)
Professor, Visiting Fellow
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Director, Consultant
Health and Environment International Trust, Mapua, Nelson, New Zealand
I have more than 30 years experience as an environmental and occupational health scientist, primarily as an academic, but also as international civil servant and independent consultant. I was a university senior lecturer and later professor at the University of Auckland for 15 years, served 8 years as epidemiologist at the World Health Organization (WHO, Geneva) followed by 4 years as Director of Global and Integrated Environmental Health in the same office.
Since 2002 I have worked partly in Australia (for the Australian National University) and partly in Sweden (for the National Institute of Public Health), in addition to consultancy projects for government agencies in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden and for WHO. My research work has produced more than 300 published reports, and I have been keynote speaker at numerous national and international conferences.
My research, teaching and consultancy work has covered health issues such as: lead, cadmium and mercury poisoning; asbestos cancer; air pollution; traffic accidents; road transport; urbanisation; globalisation; sustainability; health indicators; health equity; and climate change. The current research work focuses on direct heat exposure effects in relation to climate change, total public health impacts of road transport and of urbanisation.
Kjellstrom, T. and Corvalan, C.
Framework for the development of environmental health indicators.
World Health Stats. Quarterly 48, 144-154. (1995)
Kjellstrom, T., van Kerkhoff, L., Bammer, G. and McMichael, T.
Comparative assessment of transport risks – how it can contribute to health impact assessment of transport policies.
Bull of the WHO 81, 451-458. (2003)
KjellstromT, Friel S, Dixon J, Corvalan C, Rehfuess E, Campbell-Lendrum D, Gore F and Bartram J.
Urban environmental health hazards and health equity.
J Urban Health, 84: i86-i97. (2007).
Kjellstrom, T., Hinde, S.
Car culture, transport policy and public health.
In: Wamala, S and Kawachi, I. Globalization and health. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 98-121 (2007)
Friel S , Marmot M, McMichael AJ, Kjellstrom T, Vågerö D.
Global health equity and climate stabilisation - need for a common agenda.
The Lancet, 372: 1677-1683. (2008)
