The Rapid Urbanisation and Population Health (RUPH) Research Network explores urban health and environmental issues and support building of transdisciplinary, cross-faculty, research capacity among UNSW academics conducting research in Australia, Asia and the Western Pacific regions.
TheÌýRapid Urbanisation and Population Health (RUPH) Research Net·É´Ç°ù°ìÌý±ð³æ±è±ô´Çres urban health and environmental issues and support building of transdisciplinary, cross-faculty, research capacity among UNSW academics conducting research in Australia, Asia and the Western Pacific regions. It is a partnership between the UNSW Institute for Global Development, UNSW Grand Challenges and UNSW Medicine.
The research network aims to buildÌýnew capacities for consequential and policy-relevant researchÌýby generatingÌýknowledge sharing and collaboration opportunities, as well as connecting early and mid-careerÌýresearchers to senior academic mentors and established multi-institutional research entities.
The Network also hosts webinars across a variety of topics. The webinar series is developed toÌýprovide members of the RUPH community as well as people interested in urbanisation, public health and city planning with a platform to meet, connect and engage withÌýlike-minded academics and industry representatives.
Associate Professor Xiaoqi FengÌýis an NHMRC Career Development Fellow in the UNSW School of PopulationÌýHealthÌýand an Adjunct Professor with the National Institute of Environmental Health at the ChinaÌýCenterÌýfor Disease Control and Prevention (NIEH/China CDC).Ìý
XiaoqiÌýleads a program of research focused on enhancing population wellbeing through identifying potentially modifiable social and environmental factors (e.g. urban green space, air pollution, heat, food environment) that shape health and developmental trajectories and inequities among newborns, children, adolescents and women across theÌýlifecourse. Ìý
In May 2020,ÌýXiaoqiÌýsecuredÌý$1.45 million in funding,Ìýfrom the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), for a joint project withÌýProfessor Richard Mitchell from the Glasgow UniversityÌýinvestigating how green spaces can reduce inequalities in mental health and cardiometabolic disease prevention.ÌýThe full team includes Thomas Astell-Burt (CI, UOW), Susan Thompson (CI, UNSW), Brenda Lin (CI, CSIRO, Brisbane), Bin Jalaludin (CI, UNSW), Evelyne de Leeuw (CI, UNSW), Richard Fuller (CI, UQ), Jon Olsen (CI, Glasgow), Fiona Caryl (CI, Glasgow), Jill Pell (CI, Glasgow), Timothy Dobbins (AI, UNSW), Melanie Anderson(AI, UNSW), Glen Maberly (AI, WSLHD).
¸é±ð²¹»åÌý³Ý¾±²¹´Ç±ç¾±â€™sÌýfull academic profile, learn more about herÌýÌýproject as well as herÌýlatest work onÌýÌýÌýand howÌýÌýon the UNSW Newsroom.Ìý
The RUPH Research Network is open to all UNSW researchers, interested inÌýurban health and environment and especially encourages early-to-mid career academics to get involved.ÌýIf you would like to stay up to date with RUPH'sÌýwork, consider joining as a member via the link below.
For enquiries, please email Associate Professor Xiaoqi Feng (xiaoqi.feng@unsw.edu.au).
The RUPH Network was previously supported by UNSW Grand Challenges. The IGD recognises the contribution of the UNSW Grand Challenge on Rapid Urbanisation in supporting this work.
