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Ollie Jay
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Professor Ollie Jay
Professor & Director, The University of Sydney
Ollie Jay is Professor of Heat and Health and Director of the Heat and Health Research Centre in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney.
Ollie is a NHMRC Investigator Fellow and has led several large-scale projects that have directly influenced international public health heatwave policies in the United States, Europe, and Australia.
He recently partnered with Google to deliver his team's research on evidence-based personal cooling strategies through automated heat warning alerts in Google Maps/Chrome worldwide.
He has also led extreme heat policy development for Sports Medicine Australia, Tennis Australia (Australian Open), and Cricket Australia, and was the Lead Heat Consultant for the Australian Olympic Team in the Paris 2024 games. Ollie was recently profiled by The Lancet in their 2021 Heat & Health Series, and his research program has been featured in Science and Nature highlighting its lead global contribution to protecting society’s most vulnerable to the heat.
Since 2024, Ollie has served as Chair of the Hazards and Impacts Working Group for the Global Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change team.
Ollie Jay is Professor of Heat and Health and Director of the Heat and Health Research Centre in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney.
Ollie is a NHMRC Investigator Fellow and has led several large-scale projects that have directly influenced international public health heatwave policies in the United States, Europe, and Australia.
He recently partnered with Google to deliver his team's research on evidence-based personal cooling strategies through automated heat warning alerts in Google Maps/Chrome worldwide.
He has also led extreme heat policy development for Sports Medicine Australia, Tennis Australia (Australian Open), and Cricket Australia, and was the Lead Heat Consultant for the Australian Olympic Team in the Paris 2024 games. Ollie was recently profiled by The Lancet in their 2021 Heat & Health Series, and his research program has been featured in Science and Nature highlighting its lead global contribution to protecting society’s most vulnerable to the heat.
Since 2024, Ollie has served as Chair of the Hazards and Impacts Working Group for the Global Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change team.
