Dr. Esther Achieng Onyango is an Early Career Researcher with interests in using systems thinking and trans-disciplinary approaches in climate change risk assessments, development of climate change adaptation strategies and translation of climate change and health research into policy. Her Doctoral dissertation, which was highly commended was an integrated assessment of climate change and malaria risk, which involved a biophysical risk profile, community knowledge and information needs assessment and use of Bayesian Belief network models to integrate information and suggest suitable adaptation options.