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Paul LC Chua
Assistant Professor
Academic titleB.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
InterestsClimate Change and Health, Adaptation and Mitigation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Programs
His main research interest is the quantification of impacts of climate change to health outcomes using statistical modeling tools. His modeling outputs are meant to provide evidence and guidance in policy- and decision-making for adaptation and mitigation to climate change in global and local levels. He is also interested in quantitatively monitoring and evaluating health programmes. He is open to collaboration with experts and prospective students from various disciplines.
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Education
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- 2018-2021
- Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- 2015-2016
- Master of Science in Environmental Change and International Development, Department of Geography, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- 2006-2010
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines
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Academic Appointments
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- 2021-present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2016-2018
- Independent Researcher, Alliance for Improving Health Outcomes, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines
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- 2017
- Monitoring & Evaluation Associate, Bureau of International Health and Cooperation, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines
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- 2011-2015
- Research Assistant, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines
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- Yuan L, Madaniyazi L, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ng CFS, Oka K, Chua PLC, Ueda K, Tobias A, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Non-optimal temperature-attributable mortality and morbidity burden by cause, age and sex under climate and population change scenarios: a nationwide modelling study in Japan. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2024 Nov; 52: 101214
- Chua PLC, Takane Y, Ng CFS, Oka K, Honda Y, Kim Y, Hashizume M. Net impact of air conditioning on heat-related mortality in Japanese cities. Environ Int. 2023 Nov;181:108310.
- Lwin KS, Tobías A, Chua PLC, Yuan L, Thawonmas R, Ith S, Htay ZW, Yu LS, Yamasaki L, Roqué M, Querol X, Fussell JC, Nadeau KC, Stafoggia M, Saliba NA, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Effects of desert dust and sandstorms on human health: a scoping review. GeoHealth. 2023 Mar 1;7(3):e2022GH000728.
- Ortiz AM, Chua PLC, Salvador D, Dyngeland C, Albao JD, Abesamis RA. Impacts of tropical cyclones on food security, health and biodiversity. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2023;101(2):152-4.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Madaniyazi L, Seposo X, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Projecting temperature-attributable mortality and hospital admissions due to enteric infections in the Philippines. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Feb;130(2):27011.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Seposo XT, Hashizume M. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Planetary Health. 2022 Mar;6(3):e202-e218.
- Estanislao RD, Salazar MA, Sigua JA, Chua PLC, Dorotan MM. Collaboration and capacity for climate change and health research: an analysis of stakeholders in the Philippines. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2022; 6:100107.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Rivera AS, Salva EP, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Association between ambient temperature and severe diarrhoea in the national capital region, Philippines. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 2;18(15):8191.
- Chua PLC, Huber V, Ng CFS, Seposo XT, Madaniyazi L, Hales S, Woodward A, Hashizume M. Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study. Lancet Planet Health. 2021;5(7):e436-e445.
- de Veyra C, Chua PLC, Reyes M, Berguia G, Dema-ala C, Belizario Jr V. Bridging research to policy for the prevention and control of parasitic neglected tropical diseases in the Philippines: The war on worms campaign. The Lancet Global Health. 2020; 8: S38.
- Chua PLC, Dorotan MM, Sigua JA, Estanislao RD, Hashizume M, Salazar MA. Scoping review of climate change and health research in the Philippines: A complementary tool in research agenda-setting. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(14):2624.
- Lam HY, Rivera AS, Chua PLC, Lopez JF, Cheng KG, Palasi WA. Cost of hospitalization of different types of schistosomiasis cases in endemic areas in the Philippines: indicating the need to increase the coverage of government health insurance. Acta Medica Philippina. 2018; 52(2):140-146.
- Belizario VY Jr, Erfe JM, Naig JA, Chua PLC. Evidence of increasing risk of schistosomiasis among school-age children in the municipality of Calatrava, province of negros occidental, Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2015;8(5):373-377.
- Belizario VY Jr, Marfori RM, Chua PLC, Naig JA, Erfe JM. School-based combined mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminthiases and schistosomiasis among school-age children: lessons from two co-endemic areas in the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease. 2015;5(5):358-362.
- Belizario VY Jr, Liwanag HC, Naig JA, Chua PLC, Madamba MI, Dahildahil RO. Parasitological and nutritional status of school-age and preschool-age children in four villages in Southern Leyte, Philippines: Lessons for monitoring the outcome of community-led total sanitation. Acta Tropica. 2014;141PA:16-24.
- Belizario VY Jr, Chua PLC, Liwanag HC, Naig JA, Erfe JM. Soil-transmitted helminthiases in secondary school students in selected sites in two provinces in the Philippines: policy implications. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2014;60(4):303-307.
- Sanza M, Totañes FG, Chua PLC, Belizario VY Jr. Monitoring the impact of a mebendazole mass drug administration initiative for soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) control in the western visayas region of the Philippines from 2007 through 2011. Acta Tropica. 2013;127(2):112-117.
- Erfe JM, Belizario VY Jr, Chua PLC, Naig JR. Validating the WHO dose pole in the Philippines for school-based mass drug administration of praziquantel for morbidity control of schistosomiasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013;107(10):615-619.