Blanca joined LSHTM as a Research Assistant in November 2022 after completing her MSc in Health and International Development at the London School of Economics. She has a background in health communication and previous work experience with OHCHR, UNICEF, and UNDP.
Affiliations
Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Blanca is a tutor for the courses ‘Design & Analysis of Epidemiological Studies (DANES)’, ‘Statistics for Epidemiology and Population Health (STEPH)’, and the distance learning course ‘Writing and Reviewing Epidemiological Papers’. She is also a deputy module organiser for the course 'Planetary Health in Practice'.
Research
Blanca’s work focuses on the health co-benefits of climate mitigation actions and she is part of the Pathfinder Initiative and the WinWindow research project. She also worked on a project with the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) on climate and health financing.
Research Area
Climate change
Environmental health
Public health
Planetary health
Social and structural determinants of health
Health policy
Population health
Selected Publications
2024
BMJ global health
An umbrella review of health co-benefits from actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 2024 PLANETARY HEALTH SUMMIT AND 6TH ANNUAL MEETING (PHAM 2024)
2024
Pathways to a Healthy Net-Zero Future: Case Studies from the Pathfinder Initiative
2024
Pathways to a Healthy Net-Zero Future: Pathfinder Initiative Review of Evidence
2024
2024
The Lancet. Planetary health
2024
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2023
Lancet
Pathfinder Initiative: Analysing the effects of implemented climate mitigation actions on health and greenhouse gas emissions
2023
ENBEL: Connecting Health and Climate Change
2023
One earth
2023
Bulletin of the World Health Organization