CHILI Hub Scientific Symposium 2026

Join us for a day of research and collaboration focused on the impact of indoor environments on child and adolescent health. This event brings together researchers and partners from across the CHILI programme and wider community for networking, scientific exchange, and interdisciplinary learning.Speakers include:

• Keynote Speaker: Professor Lizzie Rushton – Lizzie Rushton is Professor of Education, University of Stirling and Deputy Chair of the Scottish Council of Deans of Education. Lizzie has extensive expertise in Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCSE), working across England, Scotland and internationally including Brazil, Chile and Iraq. Since 2022, Lizzie has co-led the BERA Education for Environmental Sustainability Special Interest Group. In 2025, Prof Rushton led a national survey of teachers’ practices in relation to CCSE in Scotland and led the design and implementation of Scotland’s first national framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education.
• Keynote Speaker: Professor Rosie McEachan - Rosie McEachan is the Director of Born in Bradford and a proud (Scottish) Bradfordian. She is an experienced applied health researcher with particular interests in cohort studies, development and evaluation of complex interventions, environmental determinants of health, green space, air quality, and co-production. She leads the UKRI Population Health Improvement Healthy Urban Places consortium. Rosie holds visiting professor positions at University College London, the University of York and the University of Bradford.
• Dr Trystan Leng – Trystan Leng is an infectious disease epidemiologist and mathematical modeller based at Lancaster University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his research focused on evaluating school-level interventions, and provided the first quantitative estimate of the impact of twice weekly mass testing in secondary schools in England. He currently holds a Wellcome Early Career Award fellowship, focusing on identifying school-based approaches to pathogen control that could be viable alternatives to school closures. Recently, he has become increasingly interested in understanding the broader societal impacts of epidemic control, and how these can be incorporated into models to better inform policy.

The day will also feature research presentations from colleagues across the CHILI programme - including Dr Samuel Wood (Imperial College), Cedric Burden (Swansea University), Dr Smriti Safaya (University of York), Dr Niloofar Shoari (UCL) and Prof Dejan Mumovic (UCL) — showcasing interdisciplinary work spanning building engineering, environmental exposures, population data science, and child health.

We will also host an extended poster session, with posters displayed throughout the day and a dedicated viewing period. Researchers interested in presenting a poster are invited to submit a short abstract (max 250 words) using the link below. Early‑career researchers are especially encouraged to contribute.

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This symposium is open to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and partners interested in child health, learning environments, and the transition to net zero.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Cloth Hall Court, Quebec Street, Leeds, United Kingdom

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