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Eunice Lo

Senior Research Fellow

Nov 2017 – present

I am a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, leading a research programme to develop a new field of weather-health prediction science, with the aim of enhancing the climate resilience of the NHS and other health services.

My broader research investigates changes in extreme weather events, including heatwaves, cold snaps and storms, and their human health impacts across different time scales and climate change scenarios. This includes counterfactual scenarios to quantify the influence of human-induced climate change on extreme weather and impacts. By integrating weather forecasts, climate observations, large ensembles of climate model simulations and epidemiological modelling, my research uniquely bridges climate science and epidemiology.

In 2024, my scientific contributions were recognised with three national honours:

  • The L F Richardson Award from the Royal Meteorological Society
  • The Emerging Leaders Prize from Medical Research UK
  • Impact Award from the Royal Meteorological Society.

I am passionate about generating novel scientific evidence for climate policymaking. I was a contributing author to the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4) and IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. I also held an honorary position at the UK Health Security Agency for two years. Before joining Bristol, I did a PhD in Atmosphere, Oceans and Climate at the University of Reading (2018).

Projects

  • AI for Heat Mortality PI Funded project
    Using frontier AI methods and models to examine and understand the relationship between extreme heat and human mortality.
  • BREATHE PI Funded project
    Bridging Research on Environmental Attribution and Health Equity
  • Futureproof PI Funded project
    Pioneering a new field of weather-health prediction science to enhance resilience of NHS emergency care for future changes in extreme weather and climate.

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