Dr Sandra Barteit ↗
Protocol coauthor and Monash–HIGH research collaborator
Role / research source ↗Climate and health monitoring · SEACO / Segamat, Malaysia
CHIMES & CHIMES 2.0
Linking weather, household conditions and wearable observations to respiratory and cardiovascular health.
Field collection complete; analysis ongoing
CHEERS-related field study
Project objectives
Objectives
- Assess the feasibility, acceptability and reliability of sensor-based climate-health monitoring.
- Link wearable and household observations with local weather and respiratory-health assessment.
- Develop approaches for studying asthma, COPD and subsequent climate-sensitive health questions.
The research question
How can individual health signals be measured alongside the climate exposure people experience?
Research approach
Research approach
The published CHIMES protocol describes a sensor-based approach to climate and health monitoring at SEACO, including asthma and COPD. Subsequent CHIMES 2.0 work includes respiratory and cardiovascular cohorts. Field collection for these cohorts finished in February 2026; data-quality work and analysis continued later in 2026.
Setting: SEACO HDSS · Partners: Monash University Malaysia and HIGH
People & contributions
Research roles and contributions
CHIMES adapts linked wearable, household and environmental monitoring to population-health research at SEACO.
Prof Tin Tin Su ↗
Established CHIMES; research collaborator and protocol coauthor
Role / research source ↗Partners & connections
Partner institutions
Monash University Malaysia / SEACO ↗
Segamat population platform and Malaysia research implementation
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) ↗
Digital Global Health, shared methods and academic research collaboration
Partner roles refer to the research and institutional connections documented in the linked sources.
Current status · 12 November 2026
Field collection complete; analysis ongoing
The 2023 paper is a protocol, with planned observations rather than intervention effects. CHIMES and later CHIMES 2.0 cohorts extend the monitoring approach. Later respiratory and cardiovascular field collection finished in February 2026; data-quality work and analysis continued later in 2026. The separate CHIMES (CVD) profile describes its cardiovascular strand.
Publications & evidence
Related publications
The labels distinguish project or site publications from related studies and shared methods. Protocols describe research designs, rather than proven health effects.
2023Project protocolStudy protocol
Developing Climate Change and Health Impact Monitoring with eHealth at the South East Asia Community Observatory and Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, Malaysia (CHIMES) ↗
CHIMES evaluates the feasibility of sensor-based climate and health research at SEACO, including asthma and COPD.
Methods, findings & limitations ↗2023Shared frameworkMethods
Widening the lens of population-based health research to climate change impacts and adaptation: the climate change and health evaluation and response system (CHEERS) ↗
Introduces the modular CHEERS framework linking population surveillance, environmental measurements and individual health data.
Methods, findings & limitations ↗Research settings
Research settings
Sources & updates
Sources and updates
- Published CHIMES protocol ↗
- Public contact / role: Prof Tin Tin Su ↗
- Public contact / role: Dr Sandra Barteit ↗
Profile reviewed 12 November 2026. Suggest a profile update ↗
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