Recent news
More testing and surveillance needed for COVID-19
Last night (23 March) Australia’s deputy chief medical officer, Dr Paul Kelly, said that new protocols determining who can be tested for the virus that causes COVID-19 will be announced in the coming days. Here, Professor Lidia Morawska and Professor Guy B. Marks argue that much more testing is needed, and why. Read more | Download
Many congratulations to Dr. Branka Miljevic!
Many congratulations to Dr. Branka Miljevic for being awarded the position of HDR Director for our new School, the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences!
ILAQH Media appearances on bush fire smoke
Members of the ILAQH have been giving numerous media appearances on the topic of air quality from bush fire smoke, with the continuation of multiple bush fires burning across Queensland and New South Wales. Lidia Morawska ABC News on 9 December, titled Sydney smoke is infiltrating homes and it may be just as hazardous to stay indoors | (Read more ►)
Many congratulations to Professor Zoran Ristovski!
Many congratulations to Professor Zoran Ristovski for being awarded the position of Acting Head of School, for our new school – the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences!
QUT MEDIA RELEASE: Bushfire smoke more dangerous than dust storm particles
Bushfire smoke particles covering Queensland and New South Wales are more dangerous to inhale than the particles from the dust storms which blanketed Brisbane in 2009. Professor Zoran Ristovski, from QUT’s International Laboratory for Air Quality & Health (ILAQH), said QUT had developed and deployed a network of KOALA air-quality…
ILAQH Researchers on Chanel 7 News
ILAQH Team members Dr. Tom Cole-Hunter and Ms. Xiaoting Liu were interviewed on Chanel 7 news on Wednesday, 13 November for a short story on Brisbane’s air quality this week as a result of the bush fires. A KOALA, developed by the ILAQH, is hiding in the middle of this video! For more information on how the KOALAs operate. Link to view
White Paper on “Ambient ultrafine particle evidence for policy makers” published on the EFCA website!
An international team of experts published a White Paper on “Ambient ultrafine particle evidence for policy makers”, which was led by Professor Lidia Morawska (International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology), Professor Annette Peters (Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Center Munich – German…
A new research project commenced on the transition towards cleaner energy practices in Oceania: A pilot study in Solomon Islands
A new research project commenced in 2019 titled, Overcoming cultural and developmental barriers to transition towards cleaner energy practices in Oceania: A pilot study in Solomon Islands, funded by the Centre for Air pollution, energy and health Research (CAR) Seed Funding Project. A small batch of low-cost air-quality monitors have…
Blue Mountains and Lithgow AirWatch project went live this week!
The New South Wales Office of Environment and Hermitage (OEH) Blue Mountains and Lithgow AirWatch project went live this week! Twelve KOALAs developed by QUT are being used in this project and presently sending data to their in-cloud database. The project will start in May 2019 and run until May 2020, providing a better picture of air…
ARC Linkage Success!
The most comprehensive urban air quality study undertaken in the southern hemisphere will be led by QUT researchers. Professor Lidia Morawska, director of the ILAQH, was just awarded a $889,000 project to investigate the impact of urban ultrafine particles in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Auckland. Intensive monitoring…
New QUT-JNU joint Laboratory for Air Quality Science and Management!
Professor Zoran Ristovski initiated a Joint PhD Program between Jinan University (JNU) and QUT, which was signed in April 2018.Professor Zoran Ristovski initiated a Joint PhD Program between Jinan University and QUT, which was signed in April 2018. To accompany this joint PhD agreement, a QUT-JNU joint Laboratory for Air Quality Science…
A new research project commenced in 2018, on children’s exposure to air pollution in Fiji!
A new research project commenced in 2018 titled, Assessment of children’s exposure to air pollution in Fiji, its drivers and the burden of disease attributable to it, funded by the Centre for Air pollution, energy and health Research (CAR) Seed Funding Project. A batch of low-cost air-quality monitors have been deployed by Dr Tom…
WHO Regional Director visit
New Regional Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Western Pacific Regional Office, Dr Takeshi Kasai, recently visited the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) at QUT. The facility is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality and Health, led by Professor Lidia Morawska. On Tuesday, 26 February 2019,…