Katherine Willis CBE is professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford. She is also a Crossbench Peer in the U.K. government's House of Lords. Previous roles include Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a member of the U.K. Government’s Natural Capital Committee.
Nature surrounds us, but as our cities and urban environments encroach ever further across green spaces, are we losing one of the most powerful weapons in our armory against disease?
Related: 'A direct relationship between your sense of sight and recovery rate': Biologist Kathy Willis on why looking at nature can speed up healing Population biobanks are, as their name suggests, collated samples of biological material and records of individuals from across a population, not just those who are targeted because they have a particular disease. Individuals are invited to join these population biobanks and to have their personal data, medical records and tissue samples recorded. There are also some data repositories that simply collate publicly available details .
NDVI measurements have revealed some of the most intriguing correlations between the environment and human health. For example, the greener the environment in which your house is situated, the less depressed you are.
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