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Kathleen Frith, M.S.
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Kathleen Frith is dedicated to finding innovative ways to foster social change and create a healthier, more sensible world. As the Managing Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, Kathleen plays a leadership role in all the Center's activities, providing expertise on science communication and education and helping the Center achieve its mission to further understanding of human health and global environmental change connections. Kathleen's topics of expertise include how human health depends on the ocean and how food affects our health and environment. Kathleen is Acting Director of Harvard's first edible, community garden. She is also the Founder and Director of the Pleiades Network, Inc., a constellation of women working for a sustainable world.

Prior to joining the Center, Kathleen was the Public Information Officer for the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, a U.S. oceanographic institution in Bermuda. Kathleen holds a Bachelor's degree in marine biology from the University of California Santa Cruz and a Master's degree in science journalism from Boston University's Knight Center for Science Journalism. Kathleen fills advisory roles in a number of science education and communication projects, and has published articles in a variety of publications.