Champions of the Month

As Executive Director of Healthy Climate Wisconsin, Abby Novinska-Lois advocates for healthy communities, addressing issues like air pollution and fostering connections for lasting change.

Roxana Chicas focuses her research and outreach on health risks faced by outdoor workers, notably from extreme heat.

Roxana Chicas focuses her research and outreach on health risks faced by outdoor workers, notably from extreme heat.

How Dr. Earl Stewart responds to climate change has been shaped by his experience in the Climate and Health Equity Fellowship.

Sanjiv Godse wants to treat children’s lungs and the air that goes in them. His approach combines his love of the outdoors with his career as a doctor.

Daniel Nguyen helped establish the North Carolina affiliate of the Consortium, Carolina Advocates for Climate, Health, and Equity.

Dr. Robin Cooper wants health professionals who have paid attention to the physical aspects of health risk to consider that the physical and the mental are tied together.

Dr. Laurie Lalakea, chief of otolaryngology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, is helping her health system reduce their emissions and build resilience.

After an interaction with a patient, Dr. William Weppner realized that he was in a position to do something about climate change.