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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

Lidia Morawska is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Environmental Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, and Speech and Hearing.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Lidia Morawska has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality" (2020), published in Environment International
  • "How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?" (2020), published in Environment International
  • "It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)" (2020), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Giorgio Buonanno, Luke D. Knibbs, Bin Jalaludin, Yuming Guo, and Luca Stabile.

Key venues for their publications are:

  • Environment International
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Among their recognitions, Lidia Morawska was named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015

    Aaron J Cohen;Michael Brauer;Richard Burnett;H Ross Anderson

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Joan B Soriano;Parkes J Kendrick;Katherine R Paulson;Vinay Gupta

  • Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality.

    Lidia Morawska;Junji Cao

  • How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?

    Lidia Morawska;Julian W. Tang;William Bahnfleth;Philomena M. Bluyssen

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Ambient Air Pollution Exposure Estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013

    Michael Brauer;Greg Freedman;Joseph Frostad;Aaron Van Donkelaar

  • Size distribution and sites of origin of droplets expelled from the human respiratory tract during expiratory activities

    L. Morawska;G.R. Johnson;Z.D. Ristovski;M. Hargreaves

  • A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China

    Jianmin Chen;Jianmin Chen;Chunlin Li;Zoran Ristovski;Andelija Milic

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke D. Knibbs
Luke D. Knibbs University of Sydney
Zoran Ristovski
Zoran Ristovski Queensland University of Technology
Giorgio Buonanno
Giorgio Buonanno University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Godwin A. Ayoko
Godwin A. Ayoko Queensland University of Technology
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Kerrie Mengersen
Kerrie Mengersen Queensland University of Technology
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Luca Stabile
Luca Stabile University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

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