Personal profile
Research interests
George Karani is a Professor of Environmental Health and Chair,Africa Partnership Initiative. He was born in Kenya and is a holder of BSc. (hons), MSc.(University of Nairobi) and PhD (University of Leeds).
Research group motto is to Address challenges and Opportunities through Partnership to improve quality of life by Involvement of all appropriate stakeholders (API). Projects are on pollution and health, poverty related diseases and sustainable development goals. We work with local, regional and international research partners including Public Health Wales, Cardiff and the Vale & Aneurin University health boards, Universities of Nottingham, Cardiff and South Wales and multiple community groups and industrial partners. Overseas partners located in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda and Uganda.
Over the last six years, he has published ten research papers and supervised ten research degrees to successful completion. Over the same period, he was an external examiner to nine PhDs, and gave thirteen keynote invited presentations.
Prof. Karani was involved as part of multi-disciplinary team in the setting up of the Air quality monitoring database for Wales, and the National Focus for Chemical Incidents in the UK. He has been a consultant to the World Bank, World Meteorological Organisation and World Health Organisation. His government and public appointments includes as a Member of the Vale Local Health Board, All Wales Review Panel on Continuing Care, Environment Protection Advisory Committee Wales and Advisory Committee Wales.
Prof. Karani is passionate and actively involved in civic mission work having set up, while in collaboration with othertr organisations, a home work club for African and Asian students in Cardiff and Swansea. Since 2004, he is involved with a primary school project in Kenya initiated by Meidrim primary school,Carmathen.
External positions
International Expert to develop 2016-2020 strategic plan for NFRCEC, Oman Government
2014
Member, All Wales Continuing Care, Welsh Assembly Government
2004 → 2009
External Examiner funded by the WMO, The World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva
2003 → 2006
Board Member Vale Health Board , Welsh Assembly Government UK
2003 → 2009
Member, Environment Protection Advisory Committee Wales , Environment Agency
2002 → 2008
External Reviewer policy document Energy and Environmental health in Sub-Saharan Africa, The world Bank
2002
Consultant to investigate cause of chemical incidents in Ukraine, World Health Organization
2000
member, Advisory Committee Wales , Welsh Government
1998 → 2001
Steering Committee Member, the National Focus for Chemical Incidents, National Focus for Chemical Incidents
1997 → 2000
Member Advisory Committee, the Welsh Air data base , Welsh Government
1996 → 1999
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Editorial: Novel interventions for the prevention and control of communicable diseases
Salmon, R., Karani, G. & Thomas, D. R., 18 Feb 2026, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 14, 1796513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium associated with the consumption of raw liver at an Eid al-Adha celebration in Wales (UK), July 2021
Adamson, J. P., Sawyer, C., Hobson, G., Clark, E., Fina, L., Orife, O., Smith, R., Williams, C., Hughes, H., Jones, A., Swaysland, S., Somoye, O., Phillips, R., Iqbal, J., Mohammed, I., Karani, G. & Thomas, D. R., 30 Nov 2023, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 152, e6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
A Pilot Study to Evaluate Occupant Quality of Life in Optimised Retrofit Dwellings in Wales, UK
Littlewood, J. R., Zhang, X. & Karani, G., 7 Jan 2023, Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2022. Littlewood, J., Howlett, R. J., Howlett, R. J., Jain, L. C. & Jain, L. C. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 337-346 10 p. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; vol. 336 SIST).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Developing Tools to Enable the UK Construction Industry to Adopt the Active Building Concept for Net Zero Carbon Buildings
Clarke, J., Littlewood, J. R. & Karani, G., 19 Jan 2023, In: Buildings. 13, 2, p. 304 1 p., 304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-Potable Water Quality Assessment Results for Water Conservation in the Context of a Medical Facility Case Study
Seguela, G., Littlewood, J. R. & Karani, G., 27 May 2022, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 14, 11, p. 6578 1 p., 6578.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)