Climate change and Health in the Tropics

Masahiro Hashizume, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan

Masahiro Hashizume is Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at the School of International Health, University of Tokyo, Japan. He received his academic degrees from the Nippon Medical School (MD, 1996), The University of Tokyo (MS, 1999) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MSc 2003, PhD 2007). Dr. Hashizume’s research has centered on epidemiological studies to estimate the impact of climatic variability and climate change on the incidence of infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases, and adaptation and vulnerability assessment. Since 2014, he has been acting as Editor-in-Chief of Tropical Medicine and Health.

Xerxes Seposo, PhD, Hokkaido University, Japan

Dr. Seposo is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Hygiene of the Graduate School of Medicine in Hokkaido University and concurrently a Senior Research and Innovation Fellow at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. He is the lead scientific convenor of the Southeast Asia Research on Climate change and Dengue (SEARCD), which aims to elucidate the local and regional effects of climate and weather variables on dengue incidence in the region using consistent analytical methodologies. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 publications in mid- and high-tier impact factor journals with major research themes in climate change epidemiology, air pollution epidemiology, and health technology/economic assessments. Additionally, he has written two book chapters on these subjects. Dr. Seposo has also contributed to climate resilient health system initiatives in various low-and-middle income countries as a climate change and health expert.