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Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H.
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H. is Associate Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School (http://chge.med.harvard.edu) and is a medical doctor trained in tropical public health. Paul has worked in medical, teaching and research capacities in Africa, Asia and Latin America and, in 1993, coordinated an eight-part series on Health and Climate Change for the British medical journal, Lancet. He has worked with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to assess the health impacts of climate change and develop health applications of climate forecasting and remote sensing. He also served as a reviewer for the Health chapter of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, and is coordinating the international project Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions, with support from Swiss Re and the United Nations Development Programme. This project involves scientists, UN agencies, NGOs and corporate/financial sector leaders in the assessment of the new risks and opportunities presented by a changing climate.

Visit the Center's media page for appearances of Dr. Epstein and other Center staff in the news. Selected journal articles are below.

Selected Publications

Epstein PR. Climate change and human health. New England Journal of Medicine. October 2005; 353:1433-1436. PDF

Epstein PR. Book Review: Climate change and human health: risks and responses. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. May 2005;85:396-397. PDF

Anderson PK, Cunningham AA, Patel NG, Morales FJ, Epstein PR, Daszak P. Emerging infectious diseases of plants: Pathogen pollution, climate change and agriculture drivers. Trends. Ecol. Evol. 2004;19:536-544. PDF

Epstein P. Climate Change and Public Health: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Encycolpedia of Energy. 2004;1:381-392. PDF

Epstein PR, McCarthy JJ. Assessing Climate Stability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. December 2004;1863-1870. PDF

Epstein PR, Chivian E, Frith K. Emerging diseases threaten conservation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2003;111:A506-A507. PDF

Epstein PR. Climate change and infectious disease: stormy weather ahead? Epidemiology. 2002;13:373-375. PDF

Epstein PR. Biodiversity, climate change and emerging infectious diseases. In: Aguirre AA, Ostfeld RS, Tabor GM, House C, Pearl MC. Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. New York, NY:Oxford University Press; 2002:27-39.

Wayne P, Foster S, Connolly J, Bazzaz F, Epstein P. Production of allergenic pollen by ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is increased in CO2-enriched atmospheres. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2002;8:279-282. PDF

Epstein PR, Defilippo C. West Nile virus and drought. Global Change & Human Health. 2001;2:105-107. PDF

Rose JB, Epstein PR, Lipp EK, Sherman BH, Bernard SM, Patz JA. Climate Variability and Change in the United States: Potential Impacts on Water and Foodborne Diseases Caused by Microbiologic Agents. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2001;109(suppl 2):211-221. PDF

Rosenzweig C, Iglesias A, Yang XB, Epstein PR, Chivian E. Climate change and extreme weather events: Implications for food production, plant diseases, and pests. Global Change & Human Health. 2001;2:90-104. PDF

Epstein PR. Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? Scientific American. August 2000:36-43. PDF

Epstein PR. Climate and health. Science. 1999;285:347-348. PDF

Harvell CD, Kim K, Burkholder JM, et al. Emerging Marine Diseases - Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors. Science. 1999;285:1505-1510. PDF

Epstein PR, Diaz HF, Elias S, et al. Biological and Physical Signs of Climate Change: Focus on Mosquito-Borne Diseases. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1998;79:409-417. PDF

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