November 2, 2026
17:00–18:00 KST (19:00–20:00 AEDT; 09:00–10:00 CET; 08:00–09:00 GMT)

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Student & New Researchers Network
Asia & Western Pacific Chapter

Environmental health challenges increasingly transcend national borders. Air pollution, climate change, extreme weather events, wildfire smoke, chemical contaminants, and many other environmental exposures affect populations across countries and regions, often through shared environmental systems or common sources. At the same time, countries face both common and unique environmental health challenges that require coordinated scientific efforts to understand and address.

International collaboration has therefore become a cornerstone of modern environmental epidemiology. By bringing together researchers from different countries and disciplines, collaborative research enables the harmonization of study designs, exposure assessment, and health outcome definitions across diverse populations. Such collaborations strengthen causal inference by evaluating the consistency and generalizability of findings across different settings, while also increasing statistical power to investigate rare exposures, vulnerable populations, and emerging environmental health threats that may not be adequately studied within a single country or cohort.

Beyond scientific advances, international collaboration facilitates the sharing of expertise, data resources, analytical methods, and research infrastructure, while fostering capacity building and long-term professional networks among researchers worldwide. These collaborations are particularly valuable in the Asia-Pacific region, where countries experience diverse environmental conditions, rapid urbanization, varying stages of economic development, and unique opportunities for complementary research. Recognizing these opportunities, the ISEE Students and New Researchers Network (SNRN) and the ISEE Asia & Western Pacific Chapter (AWPC) propose this joint webinar to provide early-career researchers with practical insights into how successful international collaborations are initiated, developed, and sustained. Through experiences shared by established and emerging researchers, the webinar aims to inspire the next generation of environmental epidemiologists to build meaningful regional and international collaborations that advance environmental health research.
 

Setting: Live Virtual

Objectives:

• Inspire PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career investigators to pursue international collaborations.
• Showcase successful collaborative models within the Asia-Pacific region.
• Share practical lessons, challenges and opportunities from experienced researchers.

Speakers:
Prof. Ho Kim; Seoul National University
Dr. Rongbin Xu; Monash University & Chongqing University

Moderator:
Dr. Kritika Poudel (AWPC Representative)
Dr. Jiawei Zhang (SNRN Representative)
 

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