Member Since 2011
Claire J. Horwell
Professor, Durham University
Claire Horwell is a Professor of Geohealth in the Department of Earth Sciences and Institute of Hazard, Risk & Resilience, Durham University, UK. Her research focuses on the health hazards and impacts of volcanic emissions and other air pollution events, and community protection. She is Director of the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (www.ivhnn.org) which advises governments on health preparedness and response in volcanic eruptions, and provides evidence-based public information.
Professional Experience
Durham University
Professor
2007 - Present
University of Cambridge
NERC Fellow
2005 - 2007
University of Bristol
Post doctoral researcher
2003 - 2005
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Education
University of Bristol
Doctorate
2003
Victoria University of Wellington
Masters
1998
University of East Anglia
Bachelors
1996
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Honors & Awards
GeoHealth Section Award
Received December 2024
Publications
Health Impact Assessment of Volcanic Ash Inhalation: A Comparison With Outdoor Air Pollution Methods

This paper critically appraises the extrapolation of concentration‐response functions (CRFs) for fine and coarse particulate matter, PM2.5 an...

July 03, 2020
AGU Abstracts
The bioanalytical screening of deleterious organic compounds on volcanic ash: a pilot study using the AhR-CALUX assay
EARTH SYSTEM INTERACTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GEOHEALTH I ELIGHTNING
geohealth | 11 december 2020
Ines Tomasek, David E. Damby, Emmanouil N. ROMANIA...
Ash from volcanic eruptions may severely impact populations living near active volcanoes, but also more distal areas, and is a cause of continued heal...
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Converging Research in the Earth, Health and Social Sciences with Humanitarian Practice for Community Protection in Volcanic Eruptions
HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT AGU’S "SCIENCE FOR SOLUTIONS" TO ADDRESS SOCIETAL PROBLEMS
union | 11 december 2020
Claire J. Horwell
Volcanic eruptions produce a multitude of hazards which can cause many impacts, from local destruction and death, to widespread socioeconomic and infr...
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Origin of a public health concern: Cristobalite in ash from the May 18, 1980 Mt St Helens eruption
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS II: FORECASTING, RESPONSE, AND HAZARDS III POSTERS
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 10 december 2019
David E. Damby, Claire J. Horwell, Peter Baxter
Abundant cristobalite, a toxic form of crystalline silica, in respirable volcanic ash was an unforeseen hazard prior to the 1980 eruption of Mt St Hel...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2022
Immediate Past President
Geohealth Executive Committee
2019 - 2021
Chair
Geohealth Centennial Meetings Committee
2018 - 2019
Section President-Elect
Council
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