PhD (ANU); MSc (International Health) (Humboldt/Frei Universities, Berlin); DTMPH (Humboldt/Frei Universities, Berlin); BA/Psyc (Hons) (Newcastle)

Professor Kathryn Bowen is Professor of Climate, Environment and Global Health in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, and Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, University of Melbourne. She is Director of the newly formed University of Melbourne Climate CATCH (Collaborative Action for Transformative Change in Health and Healthcare) Lab.

Kathryn is a leading, internationally-recognised expert on the science and policy of sustainability (particularly climate change) and global health issues, with substantial experience in original public health research, science assessment, capacity development and policy advice. She is regularly commissioned by international bilateral and multilateral agencies (e.g. WHO, UNEP, UNDP, ADB, GIZ, DFAT, USAID, KOICA) to provide technical advice and co-design global health solutions for sustainable futures. She is the lead technical adviser to DFAT on health and climate change, where she has pioneered the inclusion of climate change solutions in national health planning processes through development funding in multiple countries in the Indo-Pacific region. She has recently been appointed to the Asian Development Bank’s Technical Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Health, and the Green Climate Fund’s climate and health portfolio review process.