Climate, inequalities, interventions, territories, ecosystem, and health
Our missions
We are a team of scientists from a variety of disciplines: public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, mathematics, behavioral sciences, health psychology, and environmental and climate sciences. We aim to better understand the effects of climate change on health, identify the most effective solutions to mitigate them, and better protect the most vulnerable populations. Our goal is to produce useful knowledge to inform public policy decisions, improve health for all, and reduce social health inequities.
Our team
- CITÉS is an emerging research team within the Research Institute for Environmental and Occupational Health (Irset) in Rennes.
- Our team is dedicated to environmental health in the context of climate change, with a particular focus on environmental justice issues.
- Our main objective is to produce knowledge that enables a better understanding and mitigation of the health impacts of climate change, taking into account social and territorial health inequalities.
Our research themes
- Healthy living environments in the context of climate change
- In connection with land use and urban planning choices
- Engagement with public and private stakeholders
- Behavior change interventions to improve health
- Focus on chronic diseases, mental health, and health behaviors
- Adaptation and co-benefits of mitigation measures
- Healthcare pathways and vulnerability to heat waves and air pollution
- Co-development of clinical recommendations
- Health literacy
- Adaptation of heterogeneous domains
- Methods in causal inference
- Satellite imagery for expology
- Climate Modeling
- Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)
Our publications
- Daytime and nighttime heatwave intensity and acute care utilization for mental and neurological disorders in California2026Yiqun Ma, Kristen Guirguis, Caitlin G Jones-Ngo, Anais Teyton, Haley E Brown, Fiona Charlson, Michael Jerrett, Rachel Connolly, Alexander Gershunov, Miriam E Marlier, Tarik Benmarhnia10.1088/2752-5309/ae3128
- A call for robust evaluations of the impacts of serious games for climate change mitigation: The Climate Fresk as a global case study2026Louis Hognon, Claudia Teran-Escobar, Paquito Bernard, Guillaume Chevance, Pauline Caille10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102942
- What competencies physical activity professionals should possess to better integrate climate change related issues into their practice: A Delphi study2026Kazem Hozhabri, Stefan Wheat, Tegwen Gadais, Paquito Bernard, Élianne Carrier, Thomas A. Deshayes10.1371/journal.pclm.0000812
