Climate change, temperature and population health
Dr Garyfallos Konstantinoudis’s research centres on estimating the health-related burden of climate change, particularly temperatures, and developing methods for quantifying excess mortality during extreme events.
Research themes
These themes summarise the research interests stated in Dr Konstantinoudis’s Imperial College London profile.
Health-related burden of climate change
Estimating health-related burden associated with climate change is a central research interest described in the Imperial profile.
Research focus
Climate change and population health.
Temperature and health
The research focuses particularly on temperatures and their contribution to the health-related burden of climate change.
Research focus
Temperature-related health burden.
Excess mortality during extreme events
Developing methods to calculate excess mortality, including during the COVID-19 pandemic and exceptionally warm summers.
Research focus
Methods for quantifying excess mortality.
Biostatistics
Quantitative research background
Epidemiology
Population health research
Temperature
Climate-related health burden
Mortality methods
Excess mortality estimation