Monash University Malaysia / SEACO ↗
Segamat population platform and Malaysia research implementation
Population research setting · Malaysia
SEACO / Segamat
CHIMES combines population follow-up with wearables, indoor measurements and locally developed weather stations. Work in this setting includes respiratory and cardiovascular health and partner-led evaluation of heat adaptation.
Implemented research
Research priorities
Research focus
CHIMES · Heat-CARES · REACH connections · Regional technical exchange
Goals & priorities
Objectives
- Link established population research to individual and household climate exposure.
- Investigate respiratory and cardiovascular vulnerability using environmental, wearable and health assessments.
- Evaluate community-informed behavioural and building adaptations to heat and share methods regionally.
Place & research context
SEACO / Segamat in context
Partners & connections
Partner institutions
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) ↗
Digital Global Health, shared methods and academic research collaboration
REACH — Regional Hub for Asia Climate Change and Health ↗
Regional climate-health research connections and exchange
The institutions and roles shown here describe the documented research and exchange connections. Responsibilities for individual studies are set by the participating teams.
Current status · 12 November 2026
Implemented research
SEACO hosts CHIMES monitoring and partner-led heat-adaptation research. Field collection for the later respiratory and cardiovascular cohorts finished in February 2026, followed by data-quality work and analysis. Current official pages list CHIMES (CVD) as 2025–2026 and Heat Care implementation as 2024–2028, with Wellcome funding listed separately as 2023–2027. REACH is a distinct regional hub.
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.
2023Site study 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 ↗Connected projects
Research connections
Sources & updates
Sources and updates
- Read the CHIMES protocol ↗
- Public contact / role: Prof Tin Tin Su ↗
- Public contact / role: SEACO enquiries ↗
- Connected project: CHIMES (CVD) ↗
- Connected project: Heat-CARES / Heat Care at SEACO ↗
- Connected project: Heat, maternal & child health ↗
- Connected project: Locally built weather stations ↗
Profile reviewed 12 November 2026. Suggest a profile update ↗
Network resources & exchange
Related resources and exchange
Workshops & programme contributions
Connecting CHEERS-SEAExpanding the HDSS approachHeat adaptation: shared learning in BangkokREACH Hub research and digital-learning workshopHeatNexus Global Symposium