Natural Disasters and Health

Natural Disasters and Health is a study on the impact of natural disasters on the long-term psychological and physical health of those affected. The team uses preexisting questionnaire data, national registries, and the Swedish Tsunami Cohort to investigate long-term health effects of communities exposed to the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption in Iceland, survivors of the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia, as well as survivors of two fatal avalanches in the Westfjords in Iceland in 1995. The project is funded by the Icelandic Research Fund.

Our principal investigator: Arna Hauksdóttir, Professor of Publich Health