Meelan Thondoo

Meelan Thondoo is a medical anthropologist and environmental epidemiologist working in the global health arena. Meelan's research interests are in city-level health impact assessments and multi-sectoral interventions and integrated policies for health. In 2017, she was selected as a Transglobal Health Fellow for the European Commission Joint Doctorate Program and completed a PhD in medicine and translational research. She is currently a senior research associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge.

Meelan's work focuses on the health impacts of urbanization, motorization and climate change in cities of fast-developing countries. She performs transdisciplinary health impact assessments and applies mixed-method tools to tackle health inequalities and reduce preventable disease and injury caused by environmental, social and economic determinants of health. She focuses on urban-specific health exposure pathways including air pollution, physical activity, heat, blue and green spaces, noise, traffic injuries, and food.