Associate Professor Johnston’s research looks at the public health and clinical impact of smoke from bushfires and planned burns, the long-term health implications of early-life exposure to severe air pollution and interventions to reduce the public health impact of severe smoke episodes.She often contributes to policy, via the National Air Quality Expert Group, while also guiding real-time government responses to air quality emergencies such as the Hazelwood (Victoria) mine fire in early 2014.
Interesting chat with Kathryn Gene on the latest Bush Firers 0f 2019-2020 in the Hawkesbury
