Kristie Ebi | |
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Nationality | American |
Education |
Michigan State University (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.) University of Michigan (M.S., Ph.D.) |
Occupation(s) | Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences |
Website | https://deohs.washington.edu/faculty/kristie-l-ebi |
Kristie L. Ebi is an American epidemiologist whose primary focus is the impact of global warming on human health. [1] She is a professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. [1]
Ebi is the founder and former director (2014-2019) of the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) at the University of Washington School of Public Health. [2]
Ebi graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry in 1972. [3] In 1976, she completed a Master of Science in toxicology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [3] She then went to the University of Michigan where she got a Master of Public Health (1983) and PhD (1985) in epidemiology. [3] She then spent two years doing postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. [1] [4]
Ebi's research focuses on the health risks of climate variability and climate change, including extreme events, heat stress, food safety und vector-borne disease, and adaptation strategies to address these risks in environments with multiple stress factors. [1] [4]
Ebi was a lead author of the 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [5] [6] Ebi's chapter documents the impacts that 1.5 °C of global warming would have on natural and human systems. In public debate on the climate crisis, Ebi compared the report to a doctor with a serious diagnosis for their patient: "If you have cancer, you need the doctor to tell you how serious your cancer is and what your options are." [7]
At TED 2019, Ebi spoke about the effects of increased carbon dioxide on the nutritional content of food. [8] [9] [10]
Ebi was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2023. [11]
Kristie Ebi | |
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Nationality | American |
Education |
Michigan State University (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.) University of Michigan (M.S., Ph.D.) |
Occupation(s) | Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences |
Website | https://deohs.washington.edu/faculty/kristie-l-ebi |
Kristie L. Ebi is an American epidemiologist whose primary focus is the impact of global warming on human health. [1] She is a professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. [1]
Ebi is the founder and former director (2014-2019) of the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) at the University of Washington School of Public Health. [2]
Ebi graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry in 1972. [3] In 1976, she completed a Master of Science in toxicology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [3] She then went to the University of Michigan where she got a Master of Public Health (1983) and PhD (1985) in epidemiology. [3] She then spent two years doing postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. [1] [4]
Ebi's research focuses on the health risks of climate variability and climate change, including extreme events, heat stress, food safety und vector-borne disease, and adaptation strategies to address these risks in environments with multiple stress factors. [1] [4]
Ebi was a lead author of the 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [5] [6] Ebi's chapter documents the impacts that 1.5 °C of global warming would have on natural and human systems. In public debate on the climate crisis, Ebi compared the report to a doctor with a serious diagnosis for their patient: "If you have cancer, you need the doctor to tell you how serious your cancer is and what your options are." [7]
At TED 2019, Ebi spoke about the effects of increased carbon dioxide on the nutritional content of food. [8] [9] [10]
Ebi was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2023. [11]