Projects
Just Air? The Spatial Politics of Urban Air Pollution. KU Leuven
Air pollution is the largest environmental health hazard in the Western world. Especially cities are often ‘hotspots’ of air pollution. However, we are not all equally exposed to bad air. Due to the increasing role of traffic as one of the most important causes of air pollution, mainly people living near major roads suffer from its detrimental health effects. This project develops two case studies in Antwerp and London, where this unequal ...
Epidemiological research towards a better understanding of the relationship between air pollution and human health. KU Leuven
Background
In the past few decades, exposure to air pollution has been found to be associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity, both in the short term (acute exposure) and the long term (chronic exposure). According to the most recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2014), 3.7 million deaths worldwide and per year are attributed to ambient air pollution, placing it in the top 10 of risk ...
Effect of household air pollution (Biomass fuel and tobacco) on the microbiome (Gut- Respiratory-axis), growth and respiratory health of newborns from birth to their first birthday: Mutoto Cohort, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo KU Leuven
Background and Rationale Globally air pollution is the fourth cause of death accounting for nearly 7 million deaths every year. The report of the State of the Air Initiative (2022) highlighted the fact that people in Africa bear the disproportionate burden of the adverse effects of household air pollution (HAP). Air pollution attributed deaths ( 155 deaths/100,000 people) are much higher than the global average ( 85.6/100,000) accounting for ...
The effects of exposure to traffic related AIr pollution on the cardiovascular health and neurocognitive performances in middle school CHildren. (CHAIR) Hasselt University
Neurobehavioral effects of fine particulate air pollution in primary schoolchildren Hasselt University
Endocrine disrupting activity of in utero exposure to air pollution and its influence on overweight and neurobehavioural development in childhood. Hasselt University
Impact of ambient air pollution during gestation on placental senescence Hasselt University
Enhancing Capacity for Climate Change Resilience in Nakuru, Kenya through an AI-based Monitoring and Early Warning System for Climate Change Induced Air Pollution KU Leuven
Our primary aim is to enhance climate change resilience in Nakuru through supporting local AI-enabled innovative forecasting of climate-change induced air pollution that supports effective climate adaptation strategies in line with Nakuru's Climate Change Act, the National Climate Change Plan 2023 – 2027 and Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP). This project thrives on a collaboration between experts in data science, ...