Anna Hansell

Professor Anna Hansell is a Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Director of the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability at the University of Leicester. She leads research on environmental health impacts, particularly focusing on air pollution's long-term effects on respiratory diseases across the lifespan, from pregnancy through old age.

Her research interests center on environmental epidemiology, with a focus on air pollution's effects on human health. Key areas include understanding how long-term exposure to air pollutants influences respiratory disease development and progression, as well as investigating the relationship between air pollution levels and increased mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work evaluates whether pre-existing conditions exacerbated by pollution increase susceptibility to severe outcomes from respiratory illnesses.

Professor Hansell chairs the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants and has over 20 years of research experience in environmental epidemiology. She leads the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, fostering interdisciplinary research into environmental health challenges.

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