Role
CHEAG was formed in July 2024 to support delivery of the National Health and Climate Strategy.
The role and function of CHEAG is to:
- provide strategic and evidence-based advice on climate change and health to support delivery of the strategy and identify priorities for potential policy and regulation
- review and advise on updates from the government on strategy delivery, including outlines of progress on delivery, risks and issues
- identify stakeholders for consultation or involvement in strategy delivery.
Members
| Member | Title and organisation |
|---|---|
| The Hon Ged Kearney MP (Chair) | Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care and Indigenous Health |
| Professor Paul Kelly (Deputy Chair) | Chief Medical Officer and Head of interim Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Health and Aged Care |
| Professor Lynne Madden | Chair, Multi-College Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Health |
| Professor Jennifer Martin | President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| Professor Tarun Weeramanthri | Public health physician, Public Health Association of Australia |
| Dr Catherine Pendrey | Chair, Climate and Environmental Medicine Special Interest Group, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| Adjunct Associate Professor Rebecca Haddock | Executive Director of Knowledge Exchange, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association |
| Ms Elizabeth de Somer | CEO, Medicines Australia |
| Mr Jason Kara | CEO, Catholic Health Australia |
| Dr Kate Wylie | Executive Director, Doctors for the Environment Australia |
| Ms Michelle Isles | CEO, Climate and Health Alliance |
| Professor Eugenie Kayak | Enterprise Professor of Sustainable Healthcare, University of Melbourne |
| Professor Kathryn Bowen | Deputy Director, Melbourne Climate Futures |
| Professor Sotiris Vardoulakis | Director, Healthy Environments and Lives Network |
| Associate Professor Angie Bone | Associate Professor of Practice in Planetary Health, Monash Sustainable Development Institute |
| Professor Hilary Bambrick | Director, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University |
| Professor Alexandra Barratt | Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney |
| Associate Professor Steve Morris | CEO, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia |
| Mr Paul Stewart | CEO, The Lowitja Institute |
| Associate Professor Veronica Matthews | Associate Professor, Centre for Rural Health at the University of Sydney |
| Mr Tom Symondson | CEO, Aged & Community Care Providers Association |
| Ms Jade Guitera | Vice-President External, Australian Medical Students’ Association |
| Ms Roslyn Morgan | Environmental Health Officer, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
| Professor Tracy Levett-Jones | Lead, Planetary Health for Nursing & Midwifery Research & Education Collaborative |
| Associate Professor Carolyn Hullick | Chief Medical Officer, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
| Professor Nick Watts | Director, Centre for Sustainable Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| Ms Doris Whitmore | Interim CEO, Asthma Australia |
Meetings
CHEAG meets no less than 3 times a year.
Communiques
Climate and Health Expert Advisory Group (CHEAG) – Communiques
This collection contains communiques documenting the meetings of the Climate and Health Expert Advisory Group (CHEAG).
Related committees or groups
CHEAG is an important component of governance for the National Health and Climate Strategy.
CHEAG, along with the State and Territory Climate and Health Working Group, reports to the National Climate and Health Program Board. The program board consists of senior staff from a range of government agencies with an interest in climate and health. The State and Territory Climate and Health Working Group consists of climate and health policy leads from state and territory governments.
Contact
Climate and Health Secretariat
Contact the secretariat for more information on the Climate and Health Expert Advisory Group (CHEAG) and their work related to the National Health and Climate Strategy.
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