Climate Change

Neelu Tummala, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery, authored an op-ed for Scientific American on the impacts climate change has on the human body.

Hana Akselrod, MD, assistant professor of medicine, spoke to InsideClimate News about climate change's role in the increased spread of zoonotic diseases in recent decades.

A review recently published in JAMA Network Open suggests that environmental exposures like air pollution and heat are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth.

Nathaniel DeNicola, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, spoke with The New York Times for an article about a recent paper he co-authored linking climate change and pregnancy risk, which impact black mothers and babies at a higher rate than the population at large.

Students will relay messages about the impact climate change has on the health of the world in a video created by Medical Students for a Sustainable Future, a network of medical students who recognize climate change as an urgent threat to health and social justice.

Neelu Tummala, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery, spoke to Healio Primary Care for an article on how climate change impacts health and what clinicians can do to curb the effects.

Nathaniel DeNicola, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, spoke to NBC News about the association between very hot weather and premature births.

A dozen medical students at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) attended a town hall featuring Emmanuel Macron, president of the Republic of France.

Nathaniel DeNicola, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, spoke to The Atlantic for an article commenting on a recent study that looked at the effects of temperature at birth on potential income later in life.