1/19/23

“We Can’t Have Healthy People Without A Healthy Planet: Understanding the Health Impacts of Climate Change”

Dr. Kimberly Humphrey, MD MPH, is an emergency medicine specialist from Australia, with expertise focused on the impacts of climate change on health. She is a current Fellow in Climate Change and Human Health at The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights. As a board member for Doctors for the Environment Australia Kimberly has led advocacy, education, and policy development for her peers in the medical community and the general public. She has also played a key role in climate advocacy and policy development for the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and in the development of climate and health policy for the South Australian Government where she works as a public health medical consultant. Kimberly holds additional postgraduate qualifications in emergency and disaster management, clinical education, health informatics and medical administration. Her current research is focused on the health impacts of climate-related extreme weather events such as heat, fire and flood, and the adaptation of health systems and communities to withstand these events. Joan Widmer, MS, MSBA, RN, Interim Executive Director of NH HWCA will be introducing the speaker and moderating the Q&A.

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