Saucy Apolline, PhD

I am an environmental epidemiologist with expertise in urban health, exposure modelling, and observational health studies. My research sits at the intersection of epidemiology, public health, and environmental sciences, with a strong commitment to health equity. Specifically, I am interested in advancing evidence and methods to elucidate the links between urban stressors and human health, focusing on vulnerable populations. I seek to enhance interdisciplinary research to provide transformative evidence to help improve population resilience to current and future environmental threats. As part of my research, I specialized in self-matched epidemiological study designs to understand the impact of changes in noise, but also air pollution, and the urban environment on cardio-respiratory health. As part of the Climate Change and Health team, I am co-leading the research activities of the ACTUAL project on the impacts of humid heat on high-risk populations in The Gambia. I also teach planetary health, environmental epidemiology, and statistics at ISPM and the University of Bern.