Champions of Change

Champions of Change: Public Health And Climate

The White House honors eleven people who are working on the front lines to protect public health in a changing climate.

Dr. Laura Anderko is the Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Endowed Chair in Values Based Health Care at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies. As a nurse, scholar, and educator...

Dr. Yadira Caraveo has been an advocate since medical school. During residency, she was an active member of her resident union and advocated for improved working conditions for her colleagues and...

Kizzy Charles-Guzman is the Director of the Climate and Health Program at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), where she advances efforts to develop and implement...

Gary Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm, a global non-profit organization working to transform the healthcare sector to become more sustainable and focused on individual...

Daniel Dolan-Laughlin is a retired railroad executive who resides in Wheaton, Illinois. He is also the recent recipient of a life-saving double lung transplant. Suffering for many years with...

Leaving her clinical practice to devote more time to environmental issues, Dr. Georgia Milan helps educate health care professionals and communities about the human health impacts of coal and...

Dr. Susan E. Pacheco is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center specializing in pediatric asthma, allergy, and immunology. Dr. Pacheco trained with the Climate...

Dr. William Rom directs the New York University Pulmonary Division and Bellevue Hospital Chest Service. His research interests are in Global Health with his main interest in Climate Change and...

Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, leads the Center for Climate Change and Health at the Public Health Institute. She works with people across a broad spectrum of public health activities to incorporate...

Therese Smith, RN BSN MPA CCM, is a registered nurse with more than thirty years of experience serving a multitude of populations from newborns to the elderly. As a certified case manager Smith...

Jeff Thompson, MD, is chief executive officer of Gundersen Health System, headquartered in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which serves 19 counties in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Dr. Thompson’s team has...