Dr Jo Garrett

Research Associate

Dr Jo Garrett is a Research Fellow at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) focused on the interactions between human health, well-being, and the environment. Jo is predominantly a human geographer, utilising quantitative and GIS approaches.

Jo currently works on the ‘Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach’ (RENEW) project; HEROIC: Health and Economic impacts of Reducing Overheating in Cities; and the REGREEN project, focused on valuing nature-based solutions in cities.

Previous projects include: RECONECT – utilising systems thinking in nature-based solution evaluation and BlueHealth – analysing survey data to explore the links between blue spaces and well-being.

Jo recently led a pilot project exploring air quality citizen science called EXPO-ENGAGE.

Jo joined the University of Exeter in 2012 to carry out a European Social Fund PhD with the title “Interdisciplinary study into the effect of a marine renewable energy testing facility on underwater sound in Falmouth Bay”. This involved recording underwater sound over 18 months during trialling of the Fred Olsen wave energy converter, BOLT Lifesaver, at the Falmouth Bay Test Site.

 

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BlueHealth

An international consortium investigating how aquatic environments can affect public health in Europe. The project’s interdisciplinary research has combined large-scale survey data with localised interventions to understand the effects these environments might have on health.
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Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe

A pan-European initiative to coordinate research into the links between the marine environment and human health.
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The marine environment and human wellbeing

The PhD examines the importance and value of coasts for human well-being and makes steps towards developing an approach upon which to base future policy evaluations.