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Alven Yu is a Research Fellow in Planetary Health at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. He completed his PhD in Epidemiology at Monash University between January 2021 and August 2024 and continues to contribute significantly to environmental health research. He also held an external position as Data Scientist at the University of Melbourne from February to August 2024.
Education:
- PhD in Epidemiology, Monash University (2021–2024)
His research focuses on environmental exposure measurement, advanced machine learning applications, and novel methodologies for health risk assessment. He has pioneered a deep ensemble machine learning framework for high-resolution global PM2.5 estimation (2000–2019) and assessed associated short-term mortality burdens. His work spans exposure assessment, biostatistics, environmental health, and climate-related health impacts, with a strong emphasis on big data and predictive modeling.
His recent publications (2023–2025) demonstrate a consistent focus on global environmental health challenges, particularly air pollution from wildfires, urban heat, flood impacts, and green space deprivation. These studies leverage machine learning and large-scale datasets to assess health risks across multiple countries, often published in high-impact journals such as Lancet Planetary Health, Nature Sustainability, and Environment International.
Scientific Awards and Recognition:
- Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2024)
- PhD Top-up funding from NHMRC CRE
- Monash Postgraduate Publications Award
- ISEE 2023 Travel Award
- ICUC 11 Presentation Prize
- ISEE-AWPC Membership Award
- 2024 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Team of the Year
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Research - Team Award (2024)
Alven Yu has secured approximately $90,000 in competitive external seed funding as Chief Investigator from NHMRC CRE, Centre for Safe Air, CAR, and MMCR. He has published 39 peer-reviewed articles, with 23 during his PhD (all in JCR Q1 journals), and 14 as first or corresponding author. His research has been covered by over 150 news outlets and mentioned in more than 3,350 social media posts. He is actively involved in two major research projects: Developing a Global Air Quality Alert and Forecast System and Global mortality burden attributable to short-term exposures to wildfire-related PM2.5.
