John Nairn

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

PhD candidate.
Heatwaves kill more people than all other natural hazards combined. I have developed a new heatwave intensity metric that is tailored to the local history (long and short term) of daily temperature (average of maximum and minimum). Points Over Threshold (EVT) methodology has been used to assign severity classifications that are unique to each location's history of heatwave intensity. Dose/response evaluation of heatwave severity have shown promising signs across human health, agriculture, infrastructure and utilities. Soil dryness is being evaluated as one of the drivers of rising heatwave severity.

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2013 Fellowship Churchill Fellowship Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Australia —

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2013	Fellowship	Churchill Fellowship	Winston Churchill Memorial Trust	Australia	—

Journals

Year	Citation
2021	Wondmagegn, B. Y., Xiang, J., Dear, K., Williams, S., Hansen, A., Pisaniello, D., . . . Bi, P. (2021). Increasing impacts of temperature on hospital admissions, length of stay, and related healthcare costs in the context of climate change in Adelaide, South Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 773, 1-10. DOI Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2021	Tong, M. X., Wondmagegn, B. Y., Xiang, J., Williams, S., Hansen, A., Dear, K., . . . Bi, P. (2021). Emergency department visits and associated healthcare costs attributable to increasing temperature in the context of climate change in Perth, Western Australia, 2012-2019. Environmental Research Letters, 16(6), 1-12. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	Tong, X., Wondmagegn, B. Y., Williams, S., Hansen, A., Dear, K., Pisaniello, D., . . . Bi, P. (2021). Hospital healthcare costs attributable to heat and future estimations in the context of climate change in Perth, Western Australia. Advances in Climate Change Research, 12(5), 638-648. DOI
2019	Williams, S., Hanson-Easey, S., Nitschke, M., Howell, S., Nairn, J., Beattie, C., . . . Bi, P. (2019). Heat-health warnings in regional Australia: examining public perceptions and responses. Environmental Hazards, 18(4), 287-310. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2019	Borg, M., Nitschke, M., Williams, S., McDonald, S., Nairn, J., & Bi, P. (2019). Using the excess heat factor to indicate heatwave-related urinary disease: a case study in Adelaide, South Australia. International Journal of Biometeorology, 63(4), 435-447. DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC3
2019	Varghese, B., Hansen, A., Nitschke, M., Nairn, J., Hanson-Easey, S., Bi, P., & Pisaniello, D. (2019). Heatwave and work-related injuries and illnesses in Adelaide, Australia: a case-crossover analysis using the Excess Heat Factor (EHF) as a universal heatwave index. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 92(2), 263-272. DOI Scopus21 WoS20 Europe PMC6
2019	Varghese, B. M., Barnett, A. G., Hansen, A. L., Bi, P., Nairn, J., Rowett, S., . . . Pisaniello, D. L. (2019). Characterising the impact of heatwaves on work-related injuries and illnesses in three Australian cities using a standard heatwave definition- Excess Heat Factor (EHF). Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 29(6), 821-830. DOI Scopus12 WoS13 Europe PMC2
2018	Williams, S., Venugopal, K., Nitschke, M., Nairn, J., Fawcett, R., Beattie, C., . . . Bi, P. (2018). Regional morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in South Australia. International Journal of Biometeorology, 62(10), 1911-1926. DOI Scopus22 WoS20 Europe PMC3
2018	Nairn, J., Ostendorf, B., & Bi, P. (2018). Performance of Excess Heat Factor Severity as a Global Heatwave Health Impact Index. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(11), 26 pages. DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC2
2013	Langlois, N., Herbst, J., Mason, K., Nairn, J., & Byard, R. (2013). Using the Excess Heat Factor (EHF) to predict the risk of heat related deaths. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 20(5), 408-411. DOI Scopus35 WoS33 Europe PMC8

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2018	Varghese, B. M., Hansen, A., Nairn, J., Bi, P., & Pisaniello, D. (2018). Heatwaves and work-related injuries in Australia: A multi-city study (Oral presentation). Poster session presented at the meeting of The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA). Fremantle, WA.
2018	Varghese, B. M., Hansen, A., Nairn, J., Bi, P., & Pisaniello, D. (2018). Characterising the impact of heatwaves on work-related injuries in three Australian cities: When is it unsafe to work? (Poster presentation). Poster session presented at the meeting of The Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. Adelaide.
2017	Varghese, B. M., Barnett, A. G., Hansen, A. L., Nitschke, M. N., Nairn, J., Bi, P., & Pisaniello, D. L. (2017). Are moderate heatwaves more important than severe heatwaves for worker injury risks? (Poster presentation). Poster session presented at the meeting of The Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. Adelaide.
2017	Varghese, B. M., Barnett, A. G., Hansen, A. L., Nitschke, M. N., Nairn, J., Bi, P., & Pisaniello, D. L. (2017). Are moderate heatwaves more important than severe heatwaves for worker injury risks? (Oral presentation). Poster session presented at the meeting of The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) SA State Population Health Conference. Adelaide.
2017	Varghese, B. M., Barnett, A. G., Hansen, A. L., Nitschke, M., Nairn, J., Bi, P., & Pisaniello, D. (2017). The effects of daily maximum temperature and heatwaves on worker injury risks (Oral presentation). Poster session presented at the meeting of Heat and Injury Seminar, National Safe Work Month, Safe Work SA. Adelaide.

Email: john.nairn@adelaide.edu.au

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