Danyang Wang is a new visiting PhD scholar at Hei-Planet. Her research focuses on global environmental changes and infectious diseases. In the coming months, she will be working alongside researchers at Heidelberg to understand how climate change and social factors influence the spread of dengue.
Welcome Danyang Wang!
Planetary health is getting increasingly affected by intersecting global crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and the degradation of essential ecosystems. Although significant progress has been made in understanding how climate influences vectors and vector–pathogen dynamics, evidence remains limited and uneven regarding the combined effects of multiple environmental stressors. In the newly published article, authors emphasise the need for integrating experiments, field observations and mechanistic, scenario-based modelling.
The changing climate has a profound impact on current weather conditions. Currently, Heidelberg and Europe in general are experiencing extremely…
In May, Stella Dafka, Climate Impacts on Infectious Diseases Group Leader at Hei-planet, attended the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2026 in…
Vector-borne disease modelling in Germany -preparing for contemporary and future risk (VBD-MODE) is a project aimed at enhancing the prediction…
West Nile virus (WNV) is becoming an increasing public health concern in Europe, particularly as the climate warms. The new…
The TULIP consortium gathered in Rome for its general assembly meeting during the second week of May 2026, bringing together…