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Code Green: The Climate-Smart Health Professional
by Natasha Sood and Sarah Hsu
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 climate change and health, summarize the latest research, and share the expertise of current climate-health activists. Hosted by Natasha Sood and Sarah Hsu, edited by Liana Haigis and Andrea Grossman, and produced by Kali Smolen.
Episodes
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21. Disposability in Health Care (with Dr. Jeremy Greene)
We are kicking off our new “Sustainability Series” with Jeremy Greene, MD PhD. Dr. Greene is physician-historian and the founding Director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. In this episode, we speak about the shift towards the increasing...
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20. Climate Work Amid Political Uncertainty (with Dr. John Balbus)
In this episode we talk with Dr. John Balbus, a tireless climate advocate and the inaugural director of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity within HHS. In the last year, the climate movement has faced many setbacks requiring more resilience, courage, and joy. In this conversation, we...
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19. MS4SF Climate Health Equity Day
In this episode, we bring you “on the ground” interviews from Medical Students for a Sustainable Future’s 2025 Climate Health Equity Day conference. We spoke with medical students, organizers, and advocates about their experiences at the conference, the urgent need for climate-informed health...
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18. Case Study: Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases of the Skin
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Alia Badawi, author of a patient case exploring how particulate matter and air pollution exacerbate inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Check out the written case (adaptable for medical school curricula) at Climate Resources for Health Education:...
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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 medical school...
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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, brings expertise…
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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 education:...
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14. Locating your Place in Climate Work (with Dr. Paul Devine Bottone)
In this episode, we’re going to discuss reconnecting to your climate interests within your career and how to use those passions to advocate within your community. We’ll be talking with Dr. Paul Devine Bottone who is a pediatrician and adolescent health specialist at the CHOP and Penn Student...
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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 Resources for Health...
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12. Leading Medical Trainee Planetary Health Education
Learn about climate change career paths & advocacy efforts within the field of med ed during this conversation with Dr. Farah Hussain, first-ever Director of Planetary Health Curriculum at the Perelman School of Medicine. Relevant links mentioned in episode: - IPCC report...
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11. Community Resilience and Physician Advocacy (with Dr. Lisa Patel)
We’re releasing this episode from the archives (recorded in 2021) – an interview between Dr. Lisa Patel and our podcast editor & Brown University student, Liana Haigis. Dr. Patel is the Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and a Clinical Associate Professor…
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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 for Health...
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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 this journal...
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8. Case study: Neurodegenerative Disease, Heat & Air Pollution
In this episode, we talk 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 is a medical student at Vanderbilt...
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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 in Cambridge,...
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6. Texas Winter Storm Uri: One Year Later
From February 13-17th, 2021, Winter Storm Uri devastated much of North America with catastrophic wind, ice and snow. Notably impacted was the state of Texas, which experienced widespread power outages, infrastructure damage and essential resource shortages. Guest hosts Cole Martin and Sarah...
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5. Earth Week Special: 2021 Climate and Health Goals (with Let’s Talk Climate)
Our special Earth Week episode is produced in collaboration with ecoAmerica and Climate for Health! Listen as Rebecca Rehr leads a conversation with Dr. Cheryl Holder and Dr. Boris Lushniak, where they discuss opportunities to support health professional leadership and center health equity in...
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4. Climate Change and Mental Health (with Dr. Elizabeth Haase)
How can we best discuss climate change and mental health with our patients, and what steps can we take to deal with our own climate anxiety? Join us as we discuss all of this and more with our special guest Dr. Elizabeth Haase, a founding member of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance and Associate...
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3. Climate Change and Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (with Dr. Mindy Richlen)
Let’s talk climate change and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)! In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Mindy Richlen, Assistant Director of the U.S. National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms and member of the Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera Research, to discuss: How climate change is contributing…
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2. Climate Change and Pregnancy (with Dr. Adelle Monteblanco and Julia Rothschild)
Let’s talk climate change and reproductive health. Join us as we discuss the latest literature on climate change's impacts on pregnancy with our co-producer Julia Rothschild. Then, we’ll dive into clinical pearls with Dr. Adelle Monteblanco, Asst. Professor of Sociology at Middle Tennessee State...
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1. Principles of Climate and Health (with Dr. Jeffrey Shaman)
Need a climate and health 101? In our debut episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey Shaman, Director of the Climate and Health program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, to provide a crash course introduction on the relationship between climate change and health. Starting from…
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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 climate change and health, summarize…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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 climate change and health, summarize the latest research, and share the expertise of current climate-health activists. Hosted by Natasha Sood and Sarah Hsu, edited by Liana Haigis and Andrea Grossman, and produced by Kali Smolen.
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