MRC Epidemiology UnitSenior Research Associate
Public Health Modelling
Current work and interests
Haneen is a multidisciplinary researcher focused on the health impacts of urban mobility. Her expertise spans transport planning and engineering, vehicle emissions modelling, air quality monitoring and modelling, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and health impact assessments, including burden of disease evaluations. She is also skilled in policy development and the science-policy interface.
Haneen has made significant contributions to understanding and communicating the links between air pollution and asthma through epidemiological research, burden of disease assessments, and monetization studies. Her work has had substantial impact, reflected in over 80 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and technical reports. Her research has also garnered attention from major media outlets such as The Dallas Morning News, The Guardian, BBC News, and The Times.
She has edited three books on integrating human health into planning, transport and health, and traffic-related air pollution and health, and recently developed a cross-disciplinary course titled “Traffic-Related Air Pollution: Emissions, Human Exposures, and Health.”.
She serves on the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) which advises the UK government on all matters concerning the health effects of air pollutants.
She is committed to championing and improving human health and health equity through education, workforce development, and evidence-based healthy and just planning and policy.