Dr Leandro Garcia, PHIRST Fusion Co-Investigator

Leandro Garcia is a Senior Lecturer in Complexity Science in Public Health at the Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast. His work focuses on the development and application of systems thinking and complex systems science methods to investigate and address public and planetary health challenges. His recent work included topics such as:

> car dependency in urban areas
> health ageing and cognitive health
> urban form and non-communicable disease prevention
> physical activity promotion
> violence against women and girls
> food systems and eating behaviour
> stakeholder network analysis
> climate change and health.

Dr Garcia co-leads the Centre for Public Health’s Complexity, Public Health & Planetary Health Cluster; is a member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Complex Systems and Network Science for Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control; and co-leads the UK Prevention Research Partnership’s (UKPRP) SIG on Systems Thinking and Complex Systems.