@MGHToll

Research and other assorted activities. Alt account for non-academic stuff: @toll_mathew Bluesky: @mathew-toll.bsky.social

 Melbourne, Victoria
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New scoping review on social vulnerability and the health effects of climate change published in @TheLancetPlanet out today: thelancet.com/journals/lanpl… Co-authored with @ANGLIhere @rebecca_bentley at @Housing_CRE @unimelbMSPGH

Mapping social vulnerability indicators to understand the health impacts of climate change: a...

The need to assess and measure how social vulnerability influences the health impacts of climate change has resulted in a rapidly growing body of research literature. To date, there has been no...

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What is the narrative potential of a photograph? open.substack.com/pub/mathew…
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Mathew Toll (@mathew-toll.bsky.social)@MGHToll17 Sep 2025
Happy to have a new paper out in @TheLancetPH that offers a framework for exploring how climate change interacts with housing, and the consequences of this for climate-related health risks: thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

Housing at the intersection of health and climate change

Anthropogenic climate change is causing rapid shifts in temperature and weather patterns, both in location and intensity, making living conditions increasingly hazardous. This complicates housing's...

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This paper delves which into the intersections between climate change, housing, and health may also be of interest: thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

Housing at the intersection of health and climate change

Anthropogenic climate change is causing rapid shifts in temperature and weather patterns, both in location and intensity, making living conditions increasingly hazardous. This complicates housing's...

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And this one looks at housing (and health) outcomes of climate-related disasters: thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…

Health and housing consequences of climate-related disasters: a matched case-control study using...

Findings support the need for recovery planning and resilience building to consider housing affordability, tenure security, and housing condition. Interventions might require divergent strategies for...

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Happy to have a new paper out in @TheLancetPH that offers a framework for exploring how climate change interacts with housing, and the consequences of this for climate-related health risks: thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

Housing at the intersection of health and climate change

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It explores how climate change acts as a multiplier, intensifying health risks for people in poor-quality or insecure housing. And how climate-related housing vulnerability is rooted not only in poorly adapted physical structures but also the social organisation of housing
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We highlight the need for housing policy to be leveraged to meet the health challenge of climate change and caution against the pitfalls of reactive and selective adaptation that leave vulnerable communities susceptible.
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Healthy Housing CRE@Housing_CRE30 Jul 2025
We know Housing affordability stress (HAS) impacts our mental health, but what role does financial wellbeing play? 🏠💸 This new paper explores how a person's financial wellbeing affects the link between HAS and mental health: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Housing affordability stress and mental health: The role of financial wellbeing

Using data from wave 20 of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we provide a descriptive examination of the relationship between housing affordability stress (HAS) and a...

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I started a new blog, mostly going to talk about street photography but not just that. Here is a link to the first post - mathewtoll362490.substack.co…
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medRxiv@medrxivpreprint11 Jul 2025
Social vulnerability to health impacts of climate change in Australia: understanding dimensions, drivers, and health inequality medrxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #medRxiv
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People’s mental health goes downhill after repeated climate disasters – it’s an issue of social equity theconversation.com/peoples-… via @ConversationEDU

People’s mental health goes downhill after repeated climate disasters – it’s an issue of social...

Historically, climate disasters were thought of as rare, singular events. But thanks to climate change, disasters are escalating.

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Annals of Epidemiology@AnnalsOfEpi13 Jan 2025
🏠Challenges and strategies in quantifying the effects of housing on health🏠 Quantifying housing’s impact on health has many challenges. This new paper offers several strategies for causal research on housing and health. @ANGLIhere @ke_mason @iamyuxi @rebecca_bentley
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Ang Li@ANGLIhere14 Jan 2025
In this new paper, we use examples from over a decade of research to illustrate some of the key challenges in undertaking causally focused healthy housing research. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kNWE… @unimelbMSPGH @Housing_CRE
Annals of Epidemiology@AnnalsOfEpi13 Jan 2025
🏠Challenges and strategies in quantifying the effects of housing on health🏠 Quantifying housing’s impact on health has many challenges. This new paper offers several strategies for causal research on housing and health. @ANGLIhere @ke_mason @iamyuxi @rebecca_bentley
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Healthy Housing CRE@Housing_CRE10 Dec 2024
🌏Did you know the WHO #COP29 #climatechange & #health report has a section dedicated to #housing? @ANGLIhere @MGHToll & @rebecca_bentley's research, cited in the report, shows how critical housing is to protecting people from the health impacts of climate change. Links⬇️
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I have this now: @mathew-toll.bsky.social
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A warming planet will not stop energy hardship – excess heat will drive energy demand

Energy hardship is often defined as an inability to heat one’s home. This definition presumes that excess cold is what prevents people from maintaining comfortable indoor temperature and drives...

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Another paper on the relationship between climate change and energy hardship, available open access here: doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-0…

The risk of energy hardship increases with extreme heat and cold in Australia

Communications Earth & Environment - In Australia, the energy burden increases with extreme heat, and single-parent or lone-person households, residents living in poor-quality houses, and...

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Communications Earth & Environment@CommsEarth16 Oct 2024
🌡️In #Australia, the #energy burden increases with extreme #heat, and single-parent or lone-person households, residents living in poor-quality houses, and colder regions are at greater #risk. 👉nature.com/articles/s43247-0… @ANGLIhere @MGHToll @rebecca_bentley
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Paper by @ANGLIhere and co looking at the effects of income support and housing measures on residential stability and mental health during COVID-19: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Housing and mental health inequalities during COVID-19: the role of income and housing support...

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted people’s mental health and wellbeing. Using a national dataset of >11,000 Australians collected before and during the first two years of the pandemic, this...

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related paper looking at the effects of lockdowns on mental health - longer lockdowns are worse, but access to green and blue space was a protective factor: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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