Kate Charlesworth (MBBS (Hons), MPH, FAFPHM, PhD) is a public health physician in Sydney. She previously worked in the UK as a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and then in Cambridge at the Sustainable Development Unit which is a world-leading unit tasked with reducing the carbon footprint of the National Health Service. Her PhD thesis was about the characteristics of a future, environmentally sustainable health and social care system. Kate’s current role is as a medical consultant in climate risk in NSW Health – the first time in Australia that a medical professional has been appointed to a dedicated healthcare sustainability role.
Charlesworth K, Jamieson M, Butler CD, Davey R.
The future healthcare? Australian Health Review 2015;
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH14243.
Charlesworth K, Jamieson M, Butler CD, Davey R.
Transformational change in healthcare: an examination of four case studies.
Australian Health Review 2015; http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH15041
Charlesworth K, Jamieson M.
New sources of value for health and care in a carbon-constrained world.
Journal of Public Health 2017; doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw146
Royal Australasian College of Physicians - Climate Change and Health
https://www.racp.edu.au/advocacy/policy-and-advocacy-priorities/climate-change-and-health
Climate & Health Alliance – see the National Strategy on Climate, Health and Well-being for Australia
