Dr Pedro Beltran-Alvarez is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Climate Change at the Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. His research focuses on the impact of environmental change on health, including water pollution with pharmaceuticals and its effects on health. Taking a biochemistry approach, he uses a range of human disease models, including breast cancer and brain tumours, to investigate the mechanistic basis of health and disease, the impacts of environmental change, and novel treatments and therapeutic approaches.