Oct 2023

Be the Expert: Episode 20: Going electric for our health

Welcome back to Be the Expert! The article we are bringing to you today was first published in the journal “Science of the total environment”, in February this year, titled, “California's early transition to electric vehicles: Observed health and air quality co-benefits”. Authors ... Show More

17m 31s

Jun 2023

Code Green: Episode 9: Cleveland Clinic's Integrative Climate-Health Medical Curriculum

In this episode, we speak with medical student James Sullivan from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University about the process of creating an integrated climate-health curriculum at the medical school. If you want to learn more, check out ... Show More

30m 7s

May 2023

Code Green: Episode 8: Case study: Neurodegenerative Disease, Heat and Air Pollution

In this episode, the Code Green team speak with Dr. Heather Whelan, Kelsey Barter, and Hossein Moein Taghavi about the connections between heat, air pollution, and neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Whelan is a Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco, Kelsey i ... Show More

28m 1s

Sep 2023

10. Case Study: Global Infectious Disease & Our Changing Climate

Dr. Terry O’Connor, Dr. Nuzhat Islam, and MD-PhD candidate Douglas Fritz walk with us through their clinical case highlighting the impact of climate change on arboviral infectious disease. Check out their written case (adaptable for medical school curricula) at Climate Resources ... Show More

33m 41s

Mar 2025

17. Case Study: Cardiac Health Confronts Rising Temperatures & Pollutants

In this episode, we speak to medical students Vennela Avula, Alice Moon, and Ahmed Sayed, co-authors of a case emphasizing the connection between cardiovascular health and climate change with a preventative and primary care lens. Check out their written case (adaptable for medica ... Show More

34m 34s

Nov 2024

15. Case Study: Traumatic Injury and Changing Infectious Disease Risks

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Melody Porlier and Dr. Arpana Jain, co-authors of a case exploring the interaction of traumatic injury and rising infectious disease risks. Check out their written case (adaptable for medical school curricula) at Climate Resources for health edu ... Show More

33m 30s

Jan 2021

Introducing Code Green: The Climate-Smart Health Professional

How does climate change affect health? And what can medical professionals do about it?  Those are the very questions we hope to answer here on Code Green: The Climate-Smart Health Professional. In each episode of this series, we’ll explore the intersection of clima ... Show More

4m 57s

Apr 2024

13. Case Study: The Climate Impact on Anxiety and Panic Attacks

In this episode we speak to Dr. Carissa Klarich, Dr. Jennifer Robohm, and Dr. Robin Cooper, co-authors of a case emphasizing the connection between climate change, anxiety, and panic disorder. Check out their written case (adaptable for medical school curricula) at Climate Resour ... Show More

46m 1s

Sep 2023

Climate Change and Health

Many health care professionals are already dealing with the effects of climate change. In this Q&A, the World Health Organization's first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, joins JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi to discuss how a ... Show More

25m 7s

Jan 2025

16. Education and Advocacy in Climate Health

In this episode, we’re joined by Zach Williams, MPH, and Dr. Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, to explore the power of education and advocacy in addressing the climate-health nexus. Dr. Williams, Associate Director of the Environment & Health Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, ... Show More

52m 50s

Aug 2022

Climate change is leading to more disease outbreaks

On the show today Luke O'Neill Professor of Biochemistry at the School of Immunology, Trinity College discusses how climate change is leading to more disease outbreaks and is making many diseases worse.

10m 38s

Jun 2023

9. Cleveland Clinic’s Integrative Climate-Health Medical Curriculum

In this episode, we speak with medical student James Sullivan from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University about the process of creating an integrated climate-health curriculum at the medical school. If you want to learn more, check out ... Show More

30m 7s

Nov 2022

7. Climate Change and Health Equity (with Dr. Gaurab Basu)

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Gaurab Basu about how climate change, at its core, is a health inequity multiplier and a human rights issue. Dr. Basu is a physician and the founding co-director of the Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy ... Show More

36m 19s

Code Green: Episode 10: Case Study: Glob...