Climate Pulse

In this episode, we discuss how climate disruption is impacting non-communicable diseases, injuries and how the health system inadvertently contributes to the problem. Drew Shindell is the Nicholas Professor of Earth Science at Duke University where he studies climate change, air quality, and links between science and policy, and Dr Fintan Hughes is an Anesthesiology resident at Duke and has been advocating for the need for the healthcare system to pay closer attention to global climate

The One Health model explores the impacts of environmental degradation on animals and humans, especially with respect to the emergence of novel infectious diseases and the evolution and transmission of existing pathogens.Today's conversants are professors Bill Pan, The Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Associate Professor of Population Studies at the Nicholas School of the Environment as well as Associate Professor of Global Environmental Health at the Duke Global Health Institute, and Dr