Peter Ka Hung Chan

Peter is an experienced epidemiologist with research interests on understanding the health impacts of climate change, air pollution, and tobacco, and on developing strategies to mitigate these impacts.

Supported by numerous competitive fellowships, Peter’s work has been highly cross-disciplinary and collaborative, bringing together local and international partners across exposure science, epidemiology, atmospheric science, engineering, and architecture. He is now supported by a Wellcome Career Development Award (CDA) co-hosted at Oxford Population Health and the School of Public Health at Imperial College London. Through the award, Peter will develop a programme of research aimed at improving the assessment of the health impacts of non-optimal temperature and climate change and informing evidence-based mitigation and adaptationstrategies.

Peter leads the Environmental Health research theme in the China Kadoorie Biobank Study Group and serves as a Consultant (Scientific Review) for the World Health Organization. Previously, Peter served as a Research Fellow in Cellular Life and AI & Machine Learning at Reuben College in 2022- 2024. He also worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the Health Bureau of the Hong Kong in 2024-2026, where he applied his academic expertise and contributed to evidence-based policy, research translation, and research funding strategy development.