Peninah Murage

Dr Peninah Murage is an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the Department of Public Health, Environments and Society under the Faculty of Public Health and Policy. She specializes in environmental epidemiology with a PhD in Health Geography and focuses on health impacts of environmental changes, particularly climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

• Affiliation: Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Her research explores climate change effects on health outcomes like heat-related mortality, cardiovascular diseases, and cognitive development in children. She integrates GIS/spatial analysis with public health and policy frameworks to identify nature-based solutions for sustainable development. Current work examines systemic inequalities in heat risk exposure and interventions such as tree-based strategies in low-income settings.

Key grants include:

• Health Protection Research Unit on Climate Change and Health Security (2025-2030, NIHR)
• Climate Change and Non-Communicable Diseases in Senegal (2024-2027)
• Pathfinder 2: Accelerating Climate Action for Health (2023-2026)

She actively contributes to the Lancet Pathfinder Commission and serves on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (African Chapter).