CHEERS Network / Research connections
Researchers connect local experience with shared questions about climate and health. Meet CHEERS Network contributors and colleagues from the sites and projects presented here. Project-specific roles identify the nature of each collaboration.
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Scientific connections across climate, population health, physiology and digital methods.
Germany
Digital Global Health Working Group Lead
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health · Heidelberg University Hospital
Sandra Barteit leads the Digital Global Health Working Group at HIGH. Her collaborative research connects wearable and environmental measurements, population health, data integration and AI, alongside work on digital education and research capacity.
Germany
Senior Professor of Climate Change and Health
Heidelberg University · Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
Rainer contributes climate-health and population-research expertise to the CHEERS framework. His work connects long-term observation, locally relevant adaptation and evidence for public health decisions.
Malaysia
Professor · Director of REACH
Monash University Malaysia
Tin Tin connects population research in Malaysia with regional climate-health collaboration. Her work includes CHIMES monitoring, heat-adaptation research at SEACO and the REACH regional hub for South and Southeast Asia.
Burkina Faso
Director and Senior Scientist · CP1 co-investigator
Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna (CRSN) · National Institute of Public Health, Burkina Faso
Ali contributes local population-research and field expertise in Nouna. His documented project roles connect the population-cohort infrastructure with climate-health studies and related adaptation research.
Portrait source: DFG Research Unit Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa ↗
Germany
Heat stress & environmental physiology
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Hanns-Christian contributes expertise in human physiological responses to environmental conditions. His research perspective connects heat exposure, physiological measurement and the interpretation of strain under demanding conditions.
Portrait source: DFG Research Unit Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa ↗
Sierra Leone
Executive Director · CHaRT–Sierra Leone
Centre for Health Research and Training (CHaRT–Sierra Leone)
Osman brings experience in population-health surveillance and collaboration between demographic research platforms. His contribution connects cohort science with international research networks and the use of population evidence.
Researchers connected through local platforms, studies and regional exchange. Each profile identifies its specific institutional or project role.
Kenya
CP1 co-investigator
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Stephen is a co-investigator of the population-cohort infrastructure project at KEMRI. His role connects the Siaya research setting with shared climate-health questions and local field implementation.
India
Head of Vadu HDSS · Lead, Indian HDSS Network
Vadu Rural Health Program · KEM Hospital Research Centre
Rutuja Patil leads Vadu HDSS and the Indian HDSS Network. She is the Principal Investigator of CHEERS–Vadu, connecting population surveillance with implementation research, environmental health and community engagement.
India
Senior Research Scientist · CHEERS–Vadu Co-investigator
Vadu Rural Health Program · KEM Hospital Research Centre
Dhiraj is a respiratory-health researcher and co-investigator of CHEERS–Vadu. His work brings population surveillance, field research and academic supervision to the local pilot collaboration.
Thailand
Assistant Professor · CHEERS contact for Kanchanaburi
Institute for Population and Social Research · Mahidol University
Malee studies population and social questions, including migration, public health and access to care. She is the CHEERS contact for Kanchanaburi, connecting Mahidol research experience with regional scientific exchange.
Vietnam
Associate Professor · Family Medicine
Hanoi Medical University
Toan works in family medicine and population research at Hanoi Medical University, with experience at FilaBavi and DodaLab. His research concerns community health, health systems and common health problems across the life course.
Portrait source: Vietnam Health and Aging Study / University of Utah ↗
Indonesia
Community and gerontological nursing researcher
Universitas Gadjah Mada · Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing
Ema brings community and gerontological nursing expertise from Universitas Gadjah Mada. Her work connects population-health research and health-care use with the Sleman setting and regional scientific exchange.
Malaysia
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Monash University Malaysia
Marwa works on health equity, population surveillance and health-systems analytics. She leads the related SEACO seed study linking heat and cohort data for maternal and child health and a planned risk-screening prototype.
Germany / Burkina Faso
Coordinator, Climate Change and Health Intervention · Cool-roof study Co-PI
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health · Heidelberg University Hospital
Aditi investigates structural adaptation to heat through the Nouna cool-roof study. Her work connects building-level interventions with health, environmental and socioeconomic outcomes and community perspectives.
Profiles & provenance
Profiles introduce network contributors and colleagues linked to the research presented here. Institutional and project roles are shown on each profile. Full investigator teams and authorship are documented in the project sources and publications.
Portraits come from named institutional or research-project profiles; each card links to its portrait source. Profile information was reviewed on 12 November 2026.