Ms Natalie Guthrie

Natalie Guthrie is a Biostatistician and Lecturer at the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus in Jamaica. She has collaborated with members of the University of the West Indies Mona Climate Studies Group, the Lancet Countdown Regional Centre for Small Island Developing States, and the NIHR Group on Global Diet and Activity Research. She has collaborated with members of these research groups on output exploring associations with climate hazards. Select output include:

1. Guthrie-Dixon N, Gordon-Strachan G, Campbell J, Taylor, M, Hambleton, I. The process of modelling the number of dengue outbreaks in Jamaica for the period 2000-2014. West Indian Medical Journal Supplement Vol 70 (Suppl 1): p34

2. Guthrie-Dixon N, Gordon-Strachan G, Campbell J, Taylor, M, Hambleton, I. The process of modelling the number of dengue outbreaks in Jamaica for the period 2000-2014. Oral Presentation at 66th Annual CARPHA Health Research Conference under the theme COVID-19 and Digital Health: Transforming, Connecting, Informing Public Health

3. Gordon-Strachan G, Guthrie-Dixon N, McFarlane S, Augustus E, Anderson S. Health Sector Section of the State of the Jamaican Climate (SOJC) Report 2019.

4. Gordon-Strachan G, Parker S, Harewood H, Mendez-Lazaro P, Saketa S, Parchment K, Walawender M, Abdulkadri A, Beggs P, Buss D, Chodak R, Dasgupta S, De Santis O, Guthrie-Dixon N, Hassan S, Kennard H, Maharaj S, Marshall K, McKenzie K, Moradi-Lakeh M, Murphy M, Mycoo M, Ng Shiu R, O'Hare M, Oura, Owfi F, Owfi A, Polson K, Rabbaniha M, Robinson E, Smith D, Tabatabaei M, Tuiasosopo L, Romanello M. The 2024 small island developing states report of the Lancet Countdown

Ms Guthrie is currently pursuing her PhD in Epidemiology at the UWI, with a focus on developing predictive statistical models for climate sensitive diseases such as dengue, in the development of early warning systems. Her main research interests include being a climate change advocate for increasing competencies concerning climate change and health education.