Established research platform
Population cohorts / CP1 ↗
Co-Principal Investigator
Connecting long-term population follow-up with the measurements needed to investigate climate and health.
Role / research source ↗Network contributor · Burkina Faso
Dr Ali Sié
Director and Senior Scientist · CP1 co-investigator
Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna (CRSN) · National Institute of Public Health, Burkina Faso
Population surveillanceHealth systemsClimate-health cohorts
Scientific background & experience
Biography
Research rooted in Nouna
Ali Sié is Director and Senior Scientist at the Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, within Burkina Faso’s National Institute of Public Health. His research background spans epidemiology, infectious-disease clinical trials, surveillance and the evaluation of health programmes. At CRSN, these interests connect clinical research with long-term observation of population health and the conditions affecting communities in the Nouna region. 2, 3, 4
Clinical and research training
Sié received his medical degree from the University of Ouagadougou and completed doctoral training in clinical epidemiology at Heidelberg University. He began his clinical career at Banfora Regional Hospital before moving to CRSN in 2004 to develop clinical research. His subsequent responsibilities included research and training leadership and the development of a clinical-research setting in Nouna. 3
Climate-health collaboration
Within the DFG research unit on climate change and health in sub-Saharan Africa, Sié is a co-investigator in CP1, the heat-and-work-capacity project and the cool-roof trial. These projects connect surveillance infrastructure with physiological research and evaluation of adaptation measures. He is also a coauthor of the CHEERS framework and the Heat to Harvest protocol, contributing the perspective and research capacity of the Nouna partnership. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
Projects & research connections
Projects and research contributions
Trial protocol & qualitative evidence published
Cool roofs ↗
Co-Principal Investigator, Nouna P5 trial
Evaluating reflective roofs as a practical response to indoor heat in rural communities.
Role / research source ↗Published study protocol
Heat to Harvest ↗
Coauthor of the published Heat to Harvest study protocol
Investigating the pathway from heat exposure to farmer health, work capacity, crop yields and nutrition.
Role / research source ↗Research in development
Heat & respiratory health ↗
Co-Principal Investigator of P4, whose current research description includes farmers with COPD/asthma
Studying heat, activity and sleep alongside asthma, COPD and lung-function assessment.
Role / research source ↗Scientific network connection
CHEERS scientific framework ↗
Coauthor of the CHEERS framework publication
Contribution source ↗Connected research settings
Nouna ↗Authored publications
Selected publications
These selected papers list Dr Ali Sié as an author. Labels distinguish the CHEERS and connected-research library from selected wider scholarship.
2023Authored publication · Reviewed collectionMethods
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.
2025Authored publication · Reviewed collectionStudy protocol
Assessing heat exposure and its effects on farmer health, harvest yields, and nutrition: a study protocol for Burkina Faso and Kenya ↗
Heat to Harvest studies the pathway from heat exposure through work capacity and crop yields to child nutrition.
2026Authored publication · Reviewed collectionData architecture
Design and Implementation of a Knowledge Graph for Integrating Global Health Data Using Neo4j ↗
Shows how Nouna population, weather, wearable and indoor climate datasets can be linked in a knowledge graph.
2023Authored publication · Reviewed collectionObservational study
Assessing the Effect of Extreme Weather on Population Health Using Consumer-Grade Wearables in Rural Burkina Faso: Observational Panel Study ↗
Examines associations between extreme weather and individual wearable measurements in Nouna.
2024Authored publication · Reviewed collectionStudy protocol
The effects of cool roofs on health, environmental, and economic outcomes in rural Africa: study protocol for a community-based cluster randomized controlled trial ↗
Describes a cluster-randomized trial of reflective roofs and health, environmental and economic outcomes in Nouna.
2025Authored publication · Reviewed collectionFeasibility study
Feasibility and acceptability of research-grade wearables for health and labor capacity monitoring in the context of climate change and heat stress: The case of Nouna, Burkina Faso ↗
Tests research-grade wearables among 40 farmers in Nouna over four weeks and reports data yield, acceptability and practical limitations.
View 17 authored publications in the website library ↗
This is a selected research bibliography. The institutional profile provides further information about the researcher’s work.
Profile references
Sources and updates
- Supporting source 1 ↗
- Institutional profile ↗
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- Published research ↗
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Profile reviewed 12 November 2026. Suggest an update ↗
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