As climate change continues to cause adverse health effects, researchers and health professionals are developing solutions to help communities adapt to a changing climate and extreme weather events. But a key question remains: how do local
In CHanGE’s certificate program, UW graduate students work with stakeholders to address real-world climate and health needs through a hands-on capstone project. In certificate classes, students learn about climate science, methods for criti…
CHanGE works to train the next generation of researchers and policy makers in climate change and health research. CHanGE is a community of researchers, staff, students, and community members working together to improve people’s health in a
This spring, doctoral student Haemin Park, MPH, and CHanGE director Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, traveled to Banff, Canada, to participate in a workshop focused on advancing climate-mental health research and resilience. This workshop took place a…
The health care sector’s contribution to climate change is alarming, accounting for 4.4% of global net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to a comprehensive global report by Health Care Without Harm. The United States contributes the…
As an undergraduate student studying public health–global health and a student assistant for CHanGE, I have spent considerable time thinking about the intersection of climate and health. My experience studying abroad in a public health prog…
In this third edition of our series Meet the New Faces of CHanGE, we spotlight a group of students who joined the center this winter to work on a major Global Fund–supported project. The project focuses on rapid landscape analyses across fo…
Students are an essential part of CHanGE’s community – bringing curiosity, tenacity, and new ways of thinking to challenges at the intersection of climate and health. At CHanGE, students not only learn but also contribute in profound ways t…
CHanGE’s impact starts with its people – an interdisciplinary team of researchers, teachers, practitioners, and students who are helping advance our vision of a world where climate action protects health and health action builds climate res…
Global environmental change is increasingly impacting community health, with extreme weather events such as high heat posing growing threats. But these hazards do not affect all communities equally — some communities face far greater risks
When it comes to our food, the changing environment is more than a distant threat – it's already altering what ends up on the dinner table. CHanGE conducts research on how the changing environment impacts nutrition, health outcomes, and foo…
This summer, CHanGE members Kristie Ebi, PhD, MPH, Marci Burden, MA, Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, and incoming PhD student Carole Green, MPH, traveled to Europe to participate in three important workshops focused on global health and the environme…