Climate Chang ge and
Health
April 24, 2024 By Shantell M . Kirkendoll and Alissa Kocer
Health experts at Duke University School of Medicine are scrutinizing the myriad ways in which shifting environmental conditions , from sweltering temperatures to severe storms , shape our well-being .
In university laboratories , North Carolina homes and on the coastlines of faraway places , they ' ve learned not everyonee is equally at risk . Their efforts involve pinpointing solutions to help those susceptible to environmental disruptions , which could affect respiratory and cardiovascular health , food security , infection resilience , and mental health
Robert Tighe , MD
“ As health care providers look at any number of healthh conditions , most are impacted by climate change and the environment ,” said Robert Tighe , MD
, a lung expert and newly named leader of the School of Medicine ’ s climate research strategy . “ We ’ re surroundedd by the environment every day and changes are bound to impact our health .” .
Tighe , a professorr of medicine with a secondary appointment at the Nicholas School of the Environment in the Division of Environmental Sciencee and Policy , has long