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Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Launches C-CHANGE: A New Climate Change Project at Harvard

Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Launches C-CHANGE: A New Climate Change Project at Harvard

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, who has launched a new climate change project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment, C-CHANGE, is a partnership between Harvard and Google aimed at advancing better understanding of the causes and effects of climate change and its impact on population health.

Gary Cohen, Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm

Gary Cohen, Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Gary Cohen, 2015 MacArthur Fellow and Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm. His work is focused on motivating the health care industry “do no harm” by reducing the use of toxic materials and fossil fuels to positively impact climate change.

Dr Kenneth Brigham, Co-Founder of the Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute

Dr Kenneth Brigham, Co-Founder of the Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Kenneth Brigham, Professor Emeritus at Emory University and Co-Founder of the Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute which is seeking to develop innovative predictive health models that will shift the health care of the future to focusing on optimizing good health rather than treating disease.