Media Kit

For connecting with Consortium leadership and other general inquiries

The Consortium team can help connect reporters with a number of experts on health and climate change. To speak with an expert from the Consortium team or to find additional experts, please reach out to consortiummedia@burness.com.

Health & Climate Rapid Response Media Team

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health hosts the Health & Climate Rapid Response Media Team, a team of media-trained doctors and health professionals based around the United States who can speak about how climate change impacts their patients’ health and actions that can improve health and address climate change.

These doctors are available on short notice to help journalists and their audiences understand the connections between climate change and the ways it harms their health—and the importance of solutions that address both. To be connected with a member of the Rapid Response Media Team, please contact Anna Chen at consortiummedia@burness.com.

Climate Communications Champions

Along with its partner Burness, the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health led a training series to help health professionals sharpen their communication and advocacy skills. Out of this training emerged a cohort of diverse, knowledgeable health voices ready to engage with the media and convey the importance of addressing climate change with equitable, health-focused solutions. To be connected with any of the climate communications champions below, please contact consortiummedia@burness.com.

A green box indicates a Distinguished Climate Communications Champion, an individual who has completed both trainings. 

Juan Aguilera, MD, PhD, MPH

Juan Aguilera, MD, PhD, MPH

El Paso, Texas

Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health

Md Mudassir Ahmed

Md Mudassir Ahmed

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Doctor, AH Care

MD. Wasim Akram

MD. Wasim Akram

Kolkata , West Bengal

West Bengal University of Health Science
Amy Amaon

Amy Amaon

Chicago, Illinois

Sustainability Manager, Health Care Service Corporation
Benjamin Anabaraonye

Benjamin Anabaraonye

Awka, Anambra State

Associate Researcher, University of Nigeria, Nsukk

Lisa Anaya

Lisa Anaya

Austin, Texas

Health Workforce Development Program Manager
Sibiri Balong, PON, RGN

Sibiri Balong, PON, RGN

Bolgatanga, Upper East Region

Nurse Volunteer

Ankush Bansal, MD

Ankush Bansal, MD

Westlake, Florida

Silvana Barbosa

Silvana Barbosa

Washington, DC

Grassroots Program Administrator

Manijeh Berenji MD MPH QME FACOEM FACPM

Manijeh Berenji MD MPH QME FACOEM FACPM

Long Beach, California

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Public Health, UC Irvine; Lead for Academic and Community Partnerships, UC Center for Climate Health & Equity, Assistant Clinical Professor at Chalres R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Linnea Bond

Linnea Bond

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Health Educator, Physicians for Social Responsibility PA

Julie Bradley

Julie Bradley

Providence, Rhode Island

Executive Director, Hayward Institute

Amy Chu

Amy Chu

Alameda, California

Equitable Communities Advocate
Katherine Diaz

Katherine Diaz

Clarksville, Tennessee

Epidemiologist
Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD

Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD

Boston, Massachusetts

Professor of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Berg Ellenberger

Berg Ellenberger

PositionSaint Paul, Minnesota

RN, University of Minnesota
Jorge L. Nina Espinosa

Jorge L. Nina Espinosa

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Environmental Quality Inspector – Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Aviva Gans, MS, MPT

Aviva Gans, MS, MPT

New Jersey

Retired Pediatric Physical Therapist
Coral Giovacchini

Coral Giovacchini

Durham, North Carolina

Director of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Duke Health
Bryan Gomez

Bryan Gomez

Athens, Georgia

Student Pharmacist
Maria Guerra

Maria Guerra

Washington, DC

Abhinav Gupta

Abhinav Gupta

San Diego, California

MD, UCSD
Princess Harper

Princess Harper

Miami Florida

Membership & Outreach Coordinator, Miami Climate Alliance
Judy Holm

Judy Holm

Jacksonville, Florida

Marketing Consultant, My Green Doctor
Michael Ichniowski

Michael Ichniowski

Lutherville, Maryland

MD; Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Knox Kelly

Knox Kelly

Brooklyn, New York

Faculty Hospitalist
John La Puma, MD

John La Puma, MD

Santa Barbara, California

Designer and Founder, La Puma Farms
Dory Larsen, MPH

Dory Larsen, MPH

Tarpon Springs, Florida

Katie Lichter, MD, MPH

Katie Lichter, MD, MPH

San Fransisco, California

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center – GreenHealth Lab; Research Fellow, Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) 

Benard Matu

Benard Matu

Nairobi, Kenya

Climate Shaper

Mustafa Mohammed

Mustafa Mohammed

Kent, Washington

President & Cofounder of Human Right Protection & Global Peace
Silvano Mpinge

Silvano Mpinge

Tanzania

Executive Director, Community Solutions Foundation
Rui Nakamura

Rui Nakamura

Boston, Massachusetts

Physician

Jaqueline Nichi

Jaqueline Nichi

São Paulo, Brazil

Journalist
Margaret M. Quinn, ScD, CIH

Margaret M. Quinn, ScD, CIH

Lowell, Massachusetts

Professor Emeritus and Director, Safe Home Care Project Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Maha  Rehman

Maha Rehman

Lahore, Pakistan

Steering Committee GEIGS 24-25
Jennifer Rioux

Jennifer Rioux

Washington, DC

Director, Planetary Health, George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine
Jerry Rivers

Jerry Rivers

Roosevelt, New York

Environmental Scientist- Climate Activist, North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE)
Laura Carter Robinson, Psy.D.

Laura Carter Robinson, Psy.D.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Clinical Psychologist, Humanity&Planet

Pholo Mvumbi Roger

Pholo Mvumbi Roger

Kinshasa/DRCONGO

Exécutive Secretary
Basista Shah

Basista Shah

Kathmandu, Nepal

Carrie S. Shaver, DHA, IHC, FACHE

Carrie S. Shaver, DHA, IHC, FACHE

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Assistant Professor of Health Management, Administration, and Policy

Thandazile Sibindi

Thandazile Sibindi

Cape Town, South Africa

Ms – University of the Western Cape
Dhruva Sreenivasa, MPhil, PhD

Dhruva Sreenivasa, MPhil, PhD

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Global COO, Humancare Worldwide
Joseph R Taliercio

Joseph R Taliercio

New York, New York

Coordinator of Research and Clinical Psychologist at Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants; Member of the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America 

Adrienne Taren, MD, PhD

Adrienne Taren, MD, PhD

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Rosemary Thompson

Rosemary Thompson

Asheville, North Carolina

Sr Communications Manager
Nelzair Vianna

Nelzair Vianna

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Researcher, FIOCRUZ
Andreas Vilhelmsson

Andreas Vilhelmsson

Lund, Sweden

Researcher, Lund University

Leon F. Vinci, DHA, DAAS

Leon F. Vinci, DHA, DAAS

Roanoke, Virginia

CEO/President of Health Promotion Consultants

Anne Walker, MD

Anne Walker, MD

Oakland, California

Hannah Wilkerson

Hannah Wilkerson

Clifton Forge, Virginia

External Relations & Creative Manager, Children’s Environmental Health Network
Beth Zigmund, MD

Beth Zigmund, MD

South Burlington, Vermont

Associate Professor of Radiology, University of VT Medical Center, Larner College of Medicine; Director of Lung Cancer Screening, University of VT Medical Center;
Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Radiology, University of VT Medical Center

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