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Biographical details
Dr. Ben Barratt is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Environment at King’s College London. He holds a cross-faculty position within the Lau China Institute in collaboration with the Environmental Research Group in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. Ben joined King’s College London in 1998. His early research evaluated impact of policy interventions on London’s air quality, including the London Congestion Charging Scheme and Low Emission Zone. The focus of his current work is to better characterise individual and population-level exposure to environmental stress, how this relates to the health of susceptible population subgroups and methods of public health improvement. Much of his research output is in collaboration with international multidisciplinary teams ranging from social science and policy development, through to cohort and population health studies. He recently led a three year study of vertical air pollution gradients in Hong Kong and is part of a major collaborative atmosphere and health cohort study in urban and peri-urban Beijing.
Research interests (short)
- Associations between environmental pollutants, population behaviour and public health
- Urban development and environmental quality in UK and Chinese cities
- Evaluation of policy and technology interventions to improve ambient and residential environments
- The use of portable sensor technology in environmental health assessment
- Public engagement and involvement in environmental research
Research interests
For a description of Dr Barratt's research interests and ongoing studies, please visit his team's research pages at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/divisions/aes/research/ERG/Exposure/index.aspx
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Honorary Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
1 Jul 2014 → …
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Air pollution, traffic noise, mental health, and cognitive development: a multi-exposure longitudinal study of London Adolescents in the SCAMP cohort
Thompson, R., Stewart, G., Vu, T., Jephcote, C., Lim, S., Barratt, B., Smith, R. B., Karim, Y. B., Mussa, A., Mudway, I., Fisher, H., Dumontheil, I., Thomas, M. S. C., Gulliver, J., Beevers, S., Kelly, F. J. & Toledano, M., Sept 2024, In: Environment International. 191, 108963.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence for the presence of air pollution nanoparticles in placental tissue cells
Liu, N. M., Miyashita, L., Maher, B. A., McPhail, G., Jones, C. J. P., Barratt, B., Thangaratinam, S., Karloukovski, V., Ahmed, I. A., Aslam, Z. & Grigg, J., 10 Jan 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 751, 142235.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acute Blood Pressure-Lowering Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure from Domestic Gas Cooking via Elevation of Plasma Nitrite Concentration in Healthy Individuals
Floyd, C. N., Shahed, F., Ukah, F., McNeill, K., O'Gallagher, K., Mills, C. E., Evangelopoulos, D., Lim, S., Mudway, I., Barratt, B., Walton, H. & Webb, A. J., 28 Aug 2020, In: Circulation Research. 127, 6, p. 847-848 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Airway dendritic cell maturation in children exposed to air pollution
Mushtaq, N., Miyashita, L., Barratt, B., Koh, L., Brugha, R., Balkwill, F. R., Stagg, A. J. & Grigg, J., May 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 5, p. e0232040 e0232040.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing the performance of air pollution models for nitrogen dioxide and ozone in the context of a multilevel epidemiological analysis
Butland, B. K., Samoli, E., Atkinson, R. W., Barratt, B., Beevers, S. D., Kitwiroon, N., Dimakopoulou, K., Rodopoulou, S., Schwartz, J. D. & Katsouyanni, K., 2020, In: Environmental Epidemiology. 4, 3, e093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access17 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
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My house, my rules: Co-designing residential air pollution research
Barratt, B. (Primary Investigator) & Varaden, D. (Co-Investigator)
BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/01/2020 → 30/04/2020
Project: Research
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APEx: An Air Pollution Exposure model to integrate protection of vulnerable groups into the UK Clean Air Programme
Barratt, B. (Primary Investigator) & Beevers, S. (Co-Investigator)
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
13/02/2019 → 12/02/2022
Project: Research
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DREaM: Component-Specific Air pollutant Drivers of Disease Risk in Early to Midlife: a pathway approach
Mudway, I. (Primary Investigator), Beevers, S. (Co-Investigator) & Barratt, B. (Co-Investigator)
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
1/02/2019 → 31/01/2022
Project: Research
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Assessing the impact of the Mayor’s “schools air quality audit” recommendations in reducing pupils’ exposure to poor air quality – feasibility and base line data collection
Barratt, B. (Primary Investigator), McKevitt, C. (Co-Investigator) & Kelly, F. (Co-Investigator)
NIHR National Institute For Health & Care Research
1/09/2018 → 28/02/2019
Project: Research
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Cognitive deveLopment in the Urban Environment (The CLUE study)
Mudway, I. (Primary Investigator), Beevers, S. (Co-Investigator), Kelly, F. (Co-Investigator) & Barratt, B. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research
Activities
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King’s Together Award £19,932
Webb, A. (Recipient), Walton, H. A. (Recipient), Barratt, B. M. (Recipient), Mudway, I. S. (Recipient), Evangelopoulos, D. (Recipient), Floyd, C. N. (Recipient) & Mills, C. (Recipient)
Apr 2018 → Apr 2020Activity: Other
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Air Pollution
Barratt, B. (Interviewee)
12 Dec 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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The VW Emissions Scandal
Barratt, B. (Interviewee)
23 Nov 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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London's invisible health threat
Barratt, B. (Interviewee)
7 Nov 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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Fashionable anti-pollution masks make their debut in the UK
Barratt, B. (Interviewee)
26 Sept 2015Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
Prizes
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Organising participation with air pollution data
Garnett, E. (Recipient), Gray, J. (Recipient), Varaden, D. (Recipient), Barratt, B. (Recipient), Geoghegan, B. (Recipient), Briones, Á. (Recipient), Mauri, M. (Recipient), Calvillo, N. (Recipient) & Engelmann, S. (Recipient), 19 Jul 2019
Prize: Other distinction