CLIMATE CHANGE MEDICINE
Climate change threatens human health through multiple exposure pathways, including heatwaves, storms, air pollution, and effects on infectious diseases, nutrition, and mental health. Provides a thorough, up-to-date review of these health impacts and current strategies for preparedness and prevention. Introduces a "Health in All Policies" approach to optimize medical interventions addressing climate-related health risks and to explore potential health benefits from mitigating the root causes of climate change.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate key concepts in environmental health risk assessment. Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize the linkages between climate change and human health and well-being, as well as exposure pathways through which impacts occur. Audience: Graduate 3. Learn and recognize the value in using a “Health in all Policies” approach to prevention. Audience: Graduate 4. Recognize the main ways that actions to mitigate climate change has offer large benefits to health, especially in reducing chronic diseases Audience: Graduate 5. Develop effective risk communication strategies related to climate change and health. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate ability to construct a Message Box to effectively prepare for interviews with the media, and to write an effective Op-Ed. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate key concepts in environmental health risk assessment. Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize the linkages between climate change and human health and well-being, as well as exposure pathways through which impacts occur. Audience: Graduate 3. Learn and recognize the value in using a “Health in all Policies” approach to prevention. Audience: Graduate 4. Recognize the main ways that actions to mitigate climate change has offer large benefits to health, especially in reducing chronic diseases Audience: Graduate 5. Develop effective risk communication strategies related to climate change and health. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate ability to construct a Message Box to effectively prepare for interviews with the media, and to write an effective Op-Ed. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027