Areas of interest
I look at the relationship between climate change and health. The purpose is to get more insights into historic relationship and potential future scenarios.
Along with other members of the Chilean Planetary Health Society, we are exploring how the planetary health approach could be a good opportunity to re-think the health of the planet; therefore, the health of humans. More info: www.sochisap.org
Awards, Grants, Projects
Sep 2025. Research Award: Making the health impacts of climate change visible – Wellcome Trust.
Team: Palmeiro-Slva, Y (PI), et al.
Project: Making a silent killer visible: Catalysing policy action to protect school students’ health and wellbeing from extreme heat amidst a changing climate in Latin America
Nov 2024. Research Grant: Proyectos de la Superintendencia de Seguridad Social (“SUSESO”) y Asociación Chilena de Seguridad [Projects of the Superintendence of Social Security (“SUSESO”) and the Chilean Association of Social Security]. ACHS 318-2024
Team: Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Cifuentes L., Bañados, A.
Project: Cambio climático: olas de calor y prevención de la salud de las personas trabajadoras [Climate change: heatwaves and health prevention among workers]
Aug 2024. Student-led research Grant: U21 Health Sciences
Team: Mapfumari, N., Portillo, A., Depallens, M., Narava, M., Ng, V., Ahmed, Z., Leaf, N. Dawning, C. (supervisor), Palmeiro-Silva, Y. (supervisor).
Project: Prospective healthcare workers’ qualitative insights on food waste reduction in healthcare facilities.
Jun 2023. Research Grant: London Mathematical Society Bursary 2023
Team: Bocher, M., Chandler, R., Palmeiro Silva, Y.
Project: Statistical approaches for estimating excess mortality associated with the 2017 and 2019 heatwave events in Chile.
Nov 2022. Research Grant: Wellcome Trust Contract
Team: Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Tello, C., Fulgueiras, M., Hartinger, S., Sergeeva, M., Miller, J.
Project: Communities of practice for transdisciplinary research and action in climate change and health in latin america and the caribbean
Sep 2022. Second place as best presentation. Oral presentation at “I Congreso Internacional de Doctorado en Enfermería”. Universidad de los Andes.
Palmeiro-Silva Y. Data and statistical modelling to estimate health outcomes under future climatic scenarios: Methodological overview.
2021. Award for Amazing Support Staff (nominated). Student Choice Awards, UCL.
Jul 2021. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Jun 2021. Research Award: Sigma Phi Mu Chapter, UK
Project: “Incorporating climate change, environmental health, and planetary health into undergraduate nursing curriculum in Latin America”
Jun 2018. PhD scholarship from CONICYT-ANID, Chile
Jul 2017. Education Award: Teaching Innovation Centre, Universidad de Los Andes, Chile
Project: “Integrating Evidence-Based Practice across undergraduate nursing curriculum”
This award allowed a short visit as a visiting professor to McMaster University in Canada, where different meetings were held with the staff to discuss the best strategies for teaching evidence-based practice in undergraduate degrees. As a result, the updated nursing curriculum (approved in 2020) incorporated evidence-based practice outcomes across it and strengthened nursing education and research courses.
2016. Research Award: Fundación Banmédica, Chile
Project: “Correlation between maternal characteristics, foetal growth, and birth weight among normal pregnancies in Chile”
This award recognised the positive impact of research findings on health practice and allowed more research projects on similar topics.
2015. Research Grant 15COTE46282: CORFO, Chile
Project: “Development of a new product based on nano-phytosterols for the therapeutic treatment of people with metabolic syndrome”
This was a multidisciplinary and multi-stage project that covered approximately £200,000. It included the development and characterisation of an aqueous dispersion of nano-phytosterols particles; evaluation of the effects of dispersion at pre-clinical stage using animal models; and a clinical trial of this dispersion on people with metabolic syndrome.
Publications
Rekers, R., de Araujo, M., Daly, T., Andrade, P., Gerbaldo, M., Jamrozik, E., Palmeiro Silva, Y., Yabar, C., Luna, F., Defining Research Priorities on Climate-Sensitive Infectious Disease Justice for South America. In: Leal Filho, W., Wolf, F. (eds) Climate Change and Health: Perspectives from Developing Countries. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. 2025. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-93177-2_13
Romanello, M. (c), Walawender, M., Shih-Che Hsu, SC., Moskeland, A., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., et al. The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. The Lancet. Oct 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01919-1
Hartinger, S (c)., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., et al. The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change Latin America. The Lancet regional Health Americas. Oct 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101276
Economist Impact. Vision 2030. Future adaptation strategies to minimise the impact of climate change on women’s sexual, reproductive, maternal and menopausal health. A focus on low- and middle-income countries. 2025. [Expert contribution] URL: https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/climateadaptationandhealth/womens-health-outcomes
Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Llerena-Cayo, C., Blanco-Villafuerte, L., Rojas-Rueda, D., Borchers Arriagada, N., Vela-Clavo, Z., de Camargo, T., Rusticuchi, M., Valdes-Velasquez, A., Hartinger, S. (c). The Amazon Ablaze: Health Impacts and Policy Imperatives of Wildfires in South America in 2024. The Lancet Regional Health Americas 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101160
Palmeiro-Silva, Y. (c), Chandler, R.E., Kelman, I. Estimating the effects of temperature on mortality and hospitalisations under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 scenarios in the short- and long-term by region in Chile: A modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101151
Chau, PH., Yu, T., Hu, Y., Palmeiro Silva, Y., Gilder, E., Cole, M., Ngunyulu, R., Lin, C. Preparedness of nurses for climate change: questionnaire development and preliminary validation. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2025.100337
Palmeiro-Silva, Y. (c), Llerena, C., Risso, A., Blanco, L., Saliva, S., Hartinger, S. Advancing evidence on climate- and health-centred solutions: The role of research in sustainable and climate-resilient development in Latin America. Trends in Health Sciences. 2025. https://doi.org/10.47626/ths-2025-0001
Padilla-Fortunatti, C. (c), Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Ovalle-Meneses, V., Abaitua-Pizarro, M., Espinoza-Acuña, J., Bustamante-Troncoso., C., Rojas-Silva., N. Relationship between perceived stress and health literacy on family satisfaction among family members of critically ill patients: A multicenter exploratory study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103895
Palmeiro-Silva, Y. (c), Rivera, F., Hartinger, S. Climate Change and Health within the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Opportunities and Challenges. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-024-00610-5
Romanello, M. (c), Walawender, M., Shih-Che Hsu, SC., Moskeland, A., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., et al. The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. The Lancet. 2024; 404, 10465. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01822-1
Palmeiro-Silva, Y. (c), Aravena-Contreras, R., Izcue J., Gonzalez, R., Kelman, I. Climate-related health impact indicators for public health surveillance in a changing climate: a systematic review and local suitability analysis. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. 2024; 38, 100854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2024.100854
Hartinger, S., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Llerena-Cayo, C., Blanco-Villafuerte, L., et al. The 2023 Latin America report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for health-centred climate-resilient development. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. 2024; 33, 100746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2024.100746
Palmeiro Silva, Y., González Tapia, R. El viaje de María y Chucao: Una oportunidad para comprender la salud planetaria [María and Chucao's journey: An opportunity to understand planetary health]. 2024. Universidad Autónoma de Chile. ISBN 978-956-417-025-1 https://ediciones.uautonoma.cl/index.php/UA/catalog/book/176
Palmeiro-Silva Y. In Chile, huge wildfires have killed at least 131 people – but one village was almost untouched. The Conversation. 2024. URL: https://theconversation.com/in-chile-huge-wildfires-have-killed-at-least-131-people-but-one-village-was-almost-untouched-223034
Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Bocher, M., Chandler, R.E., Cifuentes, L., Valdivia, G. Impacto de las olas de calor en la salud en Chile: evidencia y recomendaciones. Centro de Políticas Públicas UC-Chile. 2024 URL: https://politicaspublicas.uc.cl/publicacion/impacto-de-las-olas-de-calor-en-la-salud-en-chile-evidencia-y-recomendaciones/
Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Yglesias-González, M. (c), Blanco-Villafuerte, L., Canal-Solis, K., Castillo Neyra, R., Fernández-Guzmán, D., Helo Sarmiento, J., Lavarello, R., G. Lescano, A., Melo, O., A. Paz Soldán, V., Rojas-Rueda, D., Romanello, M., Fernanda Salas, M., Takahashi, B., Valcárcel, A., Buss, D., Hartinger, S. The Lancet Countdown South America: increasing health opportunities by identifying the gaps in health and climate change research. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. 2023; 26:100605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100605
Palmeiro-Silva, Y. (c), Lescano, A., Flores, E., Astorga E, Y., Rojas, L., Chavez, M., Mora-Rivera, W., Hartinger, S. Identifying gaps on health impacts, exposures, and vulnerabilities to climate change on human health and wellbeing in South America: a scoping review. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. 2023; 26:100580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100580
Paz-Soldán, V., Valcarcel, A., Canal-Solis, K., Miranda-Chacon, Z., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Hartinger, M., Suárez-Linares, A., Falla-Valdez, V., Intimayta-Escalante, C., Lehoucq, M., Pretell, A., Castillo-Neyra, R. A critical analysis of national plans for climate adaptation for health in South America. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. 2023; 26:100604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100604
Palmeiro, Y., Plaza Reneses, T., Velenyi, E. V., Herrera, C. A., Climate change and health: Strengthening health systems to promote better health in Latin America and the Caribbean. Health at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2023. OECD/The World Bank. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1787/532b0e2d-en
Islam, S., Ahmed, S., Greiner, R., Sarker, S., Akasaki, M, Khanom, M, Blundred, D., Cozzi-Lepri, A., Palmeiro-Silva, Y. (c) Chapter 8: COVID-19: Online Not Distant—MSc Students’ Feedback on an Alternative Approach to Teaching ‘Research Methods and Introduction to Statistics’ at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. In Teaching Biostatistics in Medicine and Allied Health Sciences. Farnell, D., Medeiros, R. (eds). 2023. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-031-26009-4
Silva Santa Cruz, I., Palmeiro-Silva, Y. Chapter 7. Cambio Climático y Salud. In Salud Global: El escenario actual y perspectivas a futuro. Solimano, G., Ramírez, J., Alarcón, A. (eds). 2023. Ed. Catalonia. ISBN 978-956-415-005-5
Hartinger, S., Yglesias-Gonzalez, M., Blanco, L., Palmeiro-Silva, Y. et al. The 2022 Report of The Lancet Countdown South America on health and climate change: Trust the Science. Now that we know, we must act. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. 2023.
Fortunatti, C. P., Silva, N. R., Palmeiro Silva, Y., Canales, D. M., Veloso, G. G., Acuña, J. E., & Castellon, A. D. Association Between Psychosocial Factors and Satisfaction with Communication in Family Members of ICU Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study. 2023 Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 103386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103386
Palmeiro-Silva Y.(c), Achondo B., Melo O. Policy brief for Chile. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. 2022. https://www.lancetcountdown.org/resources/
Yglesias-Gonzalez M, Palmeiro-Silva Y, Seergeva M, Cortes S, Hurtado A, Buss D, Hartinger S.(c). Code Red for Health Response in Latin America and the Caribbean: enhancing peoples' health through climate action. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. Apr 2022. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100248
Palmeiro-Silva Y.(c), Reyes Paecke S., Sauma Santis E., Moya Osorio J. Policy brief for Chile. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. 2021. https://www.lancetcountdown.org/resources/
Tapia-Muñoz, T.(c), González-Santa Cruz, A., Clarke, H., Morris, W., Palmeiro-Silva Y., Allel, K. COVID-19 attributed mortality and ambient temperature: a global ecological study using a two-stage regression model. Pathogens and Global Health. 2021. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2021.2007336
Palmeiro-Silva Y., Weinstein-Oppenheimer, C., Henríque-Roldán, C.F., Bangdiwala, S.I.(c). Alfabetización estadística y comunicación de riesgo para la vacunación contra la COVID-19: una revisión de alcance [Statistical literacy and risk communication for COVID-19 vaccination]. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021;45:e108. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.108
Bátiz, L.F., Palmeiro-Silva, Y., Rice, G.E., Monteiro, L.J., Galaburda, A.M., Romero R, Choolani MA, Wyneken U, Orellana P, Illanes SE.(c) Maternal exposure to a high-magnitude earthquake during pregnancy influences pre-reading skills in early childhood. Scientific Reports. 2021;11; Article number: 9244.
Palmeiro-Silva Y(c), Ferrada MT, Silva I, Ramirez J. Global environmental change and planetary health in the curriculum of undergraduate health professionals in Latin America: a review. Lancet Planetary Health. 2021;5(S17). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00101-7
Bangdiwala S(c), Gomez A, Monsalves M, Palmeiro-Silva Y. Statistical Considerations when Communicating Health Risks: Experiences from Canada, Chile, Ecuador and England Facing COVID-19. Social and Health Sciences Journal. 2021;19(1):56-83.
Palmeiro-Silva Y(c), Ferrada MT, Ramirez J, Silva I. Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America. Revista De Saúde Pública. 2021;55(17). https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002891
2020
Palmeiro-Silva Y(c), Cifuentes L, Cortés S, Olivares M, Silva I. La amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar [The threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to act]. Rev Medica Chile. 2020; 48(11):1652-1658. URL: https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020001101652
Palmeiro-Silva Y(c), Aravena RI, Ossio L, Parro J. Effects of Daily Consumption of an Aqueous Dispersion of Free-Phytosterols Nanoparticles on Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Nutrients. 2020;12(8):2392. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082392
Silva I, Palmeiro-Silva Y. La Salud Publica de Chile en el contexto global: Oportunidades que deja la pandemia de COVID-19 [Chilean Public Health in the global context: Opportunities left by the COVID-19 pandemic]. Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo. 2020. Informe N°1382. https://t.co/jaI1BASSBb?amp=1
Concha-Guttierrez C, Rivas-Riveros E, Espinoza-Quiroz P, Palmeiro-Silva Y(c). Factores sociodemográficos y clínicos asociados a la satisfacción usuaria de cuidadores en un hospital pediátrico de alta complejidad. Revista Chilena de Salud Pública. 2020 24(1). DOI: 10.5354/0719-5281.2020.57584
2019
Palmeiro-Silva Y(c), Cifuentes L, Cortes S. Policy brief for Chile. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. 2019. https://www.lancetcountdown.org/resources/
A Brief Introduction to Climate Change, Health, and Sustainability: Part I
Yasna Palmeiro-Silva introduces us to the links between global warming, human health, and sustainability. In this first instalment, we learn about the anthropogenic effects on climate change over the last couple of centuries.
Published in April 2019 by Wild Magazine
A Brief Introduction to Climate Change: Part II Published in April 2019 by Wild Magazine
After David Attenborough’s powerful documentary ‘Climate Change- The Facts’ was aired on prime time TV and a week of Extinction Rebellion protests in London gained global attention, Yasna Palmeiro-Silva tells us more about its effects on global health. In part two of the series, we discover some of the efforts being made to tackle climate change and how we can all play our part.
https://wildmagcouk.wordpress.com/2019/04/21/a-brief-introduction-to-climate-change-part-ii/
2018
Palmeiro-Silva Y, Orellana P, Venegas P, Dobierzewska A, Varas-Godoy M, Norwitz E, Rice G, Osorio E, Illanes S(c). Association between Natural Disaster and Perinatal Outcomes: A Chilean register-based study 2009-2010. PLOS One. 2018. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191340
2017
Padilla C, Palmeiro-Silva Y(c). Effort-Reward Imbalance and Burnout among ICU Nursing Staff: A Cross-Sectional study. Nursing Research. 2017 Sep/Oct 66(5):410-416.
2016 and before
Varas-Godoy M, Monteiro L, Correa P, Monckeberg M, Valenzuela I, Chaparro A, Acuña S, Palmeiro Y, Illanes S(c). Addition of human placental lactogen cell free fetal rna as a marker of placental dysfunction may improves prediction of preeclampsia. Pregnancy Hypertension. 2016 6(3):167.
Illanes S(c), Larrea R, Correa P, Venegas P, Varas-Godoy M, Monckeberg M, Valenzuela I, Palmeiro Y, Chaparro A. Early evaluation of myocardial dysfunction in women with history of preeclampsia: The role of speckle tracking. Pregnancy Hypertension. 2016 6(3):228.
Correa PJ, Palmeiro Y, Soto MJ, Ugarte C, Illanes S(c). Etiopathogenesis, prediction and prevention of preeclampsia. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2016 Aug;35(3)280-294.
Caradeux J(c), Serra R, Palmeiro Y, Correa P, Valenzuela I, Olguin J, Montenegro L, Nien J, Osorio E, Illanes S. Correlation between maternal characteristics during early pregnancy, fetal growth rate, and newborn weight in healthy pregnancies. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2016;81(1):1-5.
Padilla C, Palmeiro Y. Effort-Reward Imbalance among ICU nurses. Revista Chilena de Medicina Intensiva. 2015. 30(3):155.