Dr Michael Tong
About
Dr Michael Tong is a Senior Research Fellow in Climate Change and Environmental Health at the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. He is an experienced medical science and public health researcher with a strong background in climate change, environmental health, epidemiology, and vulnerable population health research.
His research focuses on assessing healthcare system capacity to address the challenges posed by climate change on population health. Key areas of his work include Burden of Disease Assessment, National Environmental Health Risk Assessment, including disease mortality and morbidity, healthcare costs due to climate change, and impacts on both communicable and non-communicable diseases. His expertise extends to the health impacts of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, bushfires, droughts, floods, and cyclones, rising sea levels, and community health promotion for climate change adaptations.