Dr Javier Cortes Ramirez
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Biography
Doctor Javier Cortes-Ramirez is a medical researcher experienced in data science and epidemiological research in public health and a passionate educator of environmental health. Javier's professional background spans three major medical areas; clinical practice, medical management and epidemiological research, and teaching in health. As a medical professional, he has supported the implementation of national and regional health programs and strategies in Latin America, Indonesia, India, and the Pacific, in consultancy with the World Health Organisation. His research focuses on identifying the association of environmental determinants such as bushfires, and urban and resource developments with morbidity in the general population. Javier is a recipient of the 2023 Mental Health Medical Research Future Fund and he is the chief investigator of an international research collaboration between the World Health Organisation Collaboration Centre for Children’s Health and the University of Santander.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Keywords
Centre for Data Science
Research field
Epidemiology, Public health
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor in Medicine (Other)
- PhD (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
- International Society for Data Science and Analytics
- Public Health Association of Australia
- Australian Academy of Sciences
- International Society of Geospatial Health
- Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory (EPILAB)
Publications
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Vishal, V., Wang, J. & Michael, R. (2025). The Covid-19 hospitalization risk associated with air pollution in New York state counties after the 2023 Quebec wildfires. Journal of Public Health Research, 14(3), 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/259391
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Michael, R., Toms, L. & Haswell, M. (2025). The public health impacts of mining in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 223(10), 541–549. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/258863
- Dougall, S., Gillespie, J., Sav, A., Cortes-Ramirez, J. & Haswell, M. (2025). Under the pump: Are host farmers' workplace health and safety rights forgotten in Queensland's unconventional gas governance? Energy Research and Social Science, 127, Article 104250. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/259355
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Wilches-Vega, J., Caicedo-Velasquez, B., Paris-Pineda, O. & Sly, P. (2024). Spatiotemporal hierarchical Bayesian analysis to identify factors associated with COVID-19 in suburban areas in Colombia. Heliyon, 10(9), Article e30182. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248373
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Mengersen, K., Morawska, L., Sly, P., Jagals, P. & Wraith, D. (2024). The hospitalisation risk of chronic circulatory and respiratory diseases associated with coal mining in the general population in Queensland, Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 949, Article 174989. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/251102
- Wang, J., Cortes Ramirez, J. & Hu, W. (2025). Geographic trends in asthma risk among children and adolescents across climate zones in Australia, 2004-2018. Advances in Climate Change Research, 16(3), 613–622. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/257111
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Wilches-Vega, J., Michael, R., Singh, V. & Paris-Pineda, O. (2023). Estimating spatial disease rates using health statistics without geographic identifiers. GeoJournal, 88(4), 4573–4583. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238106
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Gatton, M., Wilches-Vega, J., Mayfield, H., Wang, N., Paris-Pineda, O. & Sly, P. (2023). Mapping the risk of respiratory infections using suburban district areas in a large city in Colombia. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1400. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/241803
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Wraith, D., Sly, P. & Jagals, P. (2022). Mapping the Morbidity Risk Associated with Coal Mining in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), Article 1206. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227704
- Cortes-Ramirez, J., Michael, R., Knibbs, L., Bambrick, H., Haswell, M. & Wraith, D. (2022). The association of wildfire air pollution with COVID-19 incidence in New South Wales, Australia. The Science of the Total Environment, 809, Article 151158. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/214338
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Selected research projects
- Title
- Developing Evidence-Based Responses for a Climate-Resilient Mental Health Care System
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- MRF2035399
- Start year
- 2025
- Keywords
- mental health services; climate change adaption; risk assessment; data linkage; informed decision making
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
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Current supervisions
- A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Relationships between Perimenopause, Menopause, Physical Activity, and Body Image in Lower Socioeconomic Australian Women
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Julie-Anne Carroll, Dr Danielle Davidson, Dr Adem Sav - Disability inclusive practices and well-being of workers with disabilities in the Vietnamese hospitality sector
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Adem Sav, Dr Jannine Williams - Health Impact on Severe Morbidity for Residences Living Close to Coalmines in Queensland, Australia
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Leisa-Maree Toms - Impact of Climate and Environmental Change on Childhood and Adolescent Asthma in Australia: Spatial and Temporal Analysis
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Wenbiao Hu - Measuring the Impact of Climate Change on Respiratory Infectious Diseases in Queensland: Using Spatiotemporal Analysis to Develop Environmental Health Indicators
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Wenbiao Hu - Spatiotemporal analysis of environmental risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases at small geographical levels
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Wenbiao Hu, Associate Professor Susanna Cramb
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
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