As we face a warming world, the Heat and Health Research Incubator in the Faculty of Medicine and Health aims to improve conditions for vulnerable workers.
While their current projects explore occupations from construction to sport, one they are particularly passionate about is improving the conditions of workers in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry.
“This industry can be problematic in many ways, but one pressing issue is the physical conditions workers face,” said Director Professor Ollie Jay.
Monitoring of the environmental conditions in factories shows workers are often subjected to ambient temperatures above 40°C with high humidity, making them vulnerable to uncomfortable levels of heat stress and at risk of heat-related illness.
The international multi-disciplinary project is a collaboration with Griffith University (Queensland, Australia), with partners at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Learn more about the Heat and Health Research Incubator: bit.ly/3uyGQqX
Professor Ollie Jay's academic profile online: bit.ly/3mqHjaG
The project is funded by the Wellcome Trust and has ethics approval from the University of Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee [2021/583].
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