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Medical Education Course:
Human Health and Global Environmental Change
From 1997 through 2007, the Center taught the semester-long course at HMS Human Health and Global Environmental Change, designed to meet the demand for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between human health and the global environment for future physicians, policy-makers and public health experts. All course material including lecture videos, reading references, and presentations are freely available on this website.
Spring 2007 Course
(Course Agenda PDF)
- January 31: Introduction
Introduction and Course Overview
Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
Why We Are Giving This Course
Eric Chivian, MD, Harvard Medical School
Methods in Environmental Health
Melissa Perry, MHS, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
How to Prepare for This Course
Daniel A. Goodenough, PhD, Harvard Medical School
- February 7: The Ecological Context
How Systems Work
Richard Levins PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
Symptoms of Distress: Emerging Diseases
Mary E. Wilson MD, Harvard Medical School
- February 14: Biodiversity
The Scope of Biodiversity
Stuart Pimm PhD, Duke University, Nicholas School
Biodiversity: Its Importance to Human Health
Eric Chivian, MD, Harvard Medical School
- February 21: The Changing Climate
The Science of Climate Change
James J. McCarthy, PhD, Harvard University
Climate Change and Health
Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
- February 28: Oceans of Change
Ocean Warming and Coral Reefs
Ray Hayes, PhD, Howard University
Coral Reefs: Canaries in the Environmental Coal Mine
Nancy Knowlton, PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- March 7: The Living Sea
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- Storms and the Oceans
Kerry A. Emanuel, PhD, MIT
Fisheries: A Global Assessment
Carl Safina, PhD, Blue Ocean Institute
- March 14: Addressing Environmental Challenges
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Media and the Environment
Steve Curwood, Living on Earth, NPR
Power Sources for the Future
Prabhu K. Rao, PhD, Nuvera Fuel Cells
March 21: Harvard Research; Harvard's Responses
Plant Responses to a Changing Climate
Michele Holbrook, PhD, Harvard University
Greening the Campus
Jack Spengler, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health-
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March 28: Break
- April 4: Food Production and Consumption
Sustainable Farming
Fred Kirschenmann, PhD, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
Nutrition and Human Health
Joan Gussow, Med, EdD, Columbia University
- April 11: Chemicals and Communities
Pesticides
Melissa Perry, MHS, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
Healthy and Sustainable Communities
Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
- April 18: Solutions
Healthy, Green Buildings
Bob Fox, AIA, Cook + Fox Architects
Banking: Investing in Our Common Future
Amy Davidsen, JPMorgan Chase-
- April 25: More Solutions
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Community Health: Alabama to South Africa and A Life Cycle Analysis of Nuclear Energy
Richard Clapp, DSc, MPH, Boston University
Solutions
Paul R. Epstein, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
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May 2: Final Presentations -
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