Syeda Fatima

Syeda Fatima is a Research Associate at Flinders University's College of Science and Engineering, with affiliations to the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute. Her academic work intersects Environmental Health, Climate Change, and Public Health, focusing on urban risk assessment and health policy analysis.

• Education:
  • PhD in Heat and Work Health, University of Adelaide (2018–2023)
  • MSc in Species Distribution Modeling, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan (2012–2014)
  • BSc (Honours) in Resource Consumption and Brick Kiln Health Effects, Bahria University, Pakistan (2008–2012)

Her research explores climate change impacts on occupational health, child health, and infectious disease modeling, utilizing Geographical Information Systems and Machine Learning. Recent publications analyze diarrhoea risk in low-income countries and heat stress in Australian construction industries. She contributes to the Future Child Health project as an Associate Investigator, with a research footprint spanning climate change mitigation, mental health, and urban health disparities.

Research Outputs: 18 publications (2016–2025), including 15 climate-health articles. Her 2024 Lancet Neurology article quantifies global nervous system disorder burdens, while 2023 works assess heat-related occupational risks in Australia.