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Climate & Health
Fellowship Projects

Climate & Health Science Policy Fellowship

@ University of Colorado

School of Medicine (CU)

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Medical Student & Nurse Fellowship

@ GCCHE

(The Global Consortium on Climate & Health Education)

Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

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Climate and Human Health Physician Fellowship

@ Harvard

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Lancet Countdown Oceania Fellow

@ The University of Sydney

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Fellowship Leadership

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Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Climate & Heath Program University of Colorado
Co-Author Enviromedics
First Endowed Chair in Climate Medicine
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Jay Lemery MD, FACEP, FAWM

Fellowship Co-Founder

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Emergency Medicine Physician
Director of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education at Columbia University
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia Irving Medical Center
Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
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Ceci (Cecelia) Sorensen, MD

Director GCCHE & Fellowship

University of Colorado Fellow 2017-18 & 2018-19

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Emergency Medicine Physician
Director, HealthCare Solutions at Harvard C Change
Assistant Director, Climate and Human Health Fellowship at Harvard
Climate MD program lead at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Instructor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School
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Caleb Dresser, MD, MPH

Harvard Assistant Fellowship Director

Harvard Fellow 2019-21

Family Medicine Physician
Co-director, Diploma in Climate Medicine
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Director, Continuing Medical Education
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
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Bhar (Bhargavi) Chekuri, MD

University of Colorado Fellowship Co-Director

University of Colorado Fellow 2021-22

Professor Emeritus of Immunology & Microbiology
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
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Rosemary Rochford, PhD

University of Colorado Emeritus Fellowship Co-Director

Physician Fellowship 2018-2020

Director, GCCHE

See above

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Ceci (Cecelia) Sorensen, MD

University of Colorado Fellow 2017-18 & 2018-19

Director, HealthCare Solutions at Harvard C Change

See above

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Caleb Dresser, MD

Harvard Fellow 2019-21

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Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine

University of Colorado and Colorado School of Public Health

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Caitlin Rublee, MD, MPH

University of Colorado Fellow 2019-2020

Emergency Medicine Physician

Mercy San Juan, Carmichael, CA

Chairperson of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s Climate Change and Health Interest Group.

Hanna Linstadt, MD

University of Colorado Fellow 2020-2021

Physician Fellowship 2021-2022
University of Colorado

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine

Eric Balaban, MD

Family Medicine Physician

See above

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Bhar (Bhargavi) Chekuri, MD

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ABIM-Certified Hospitalist

Denver Health Medical Center

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine

Beth (Elizabeth) Gillespie, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician

University of California

San Diego, Medical Center

Emily Sbiroli, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician & Faculty

University of Washington Medical Center - Northwest

Advisor ClimateRx

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Stefan Wheat, MD

Fellowships 2022 - 2023
CU and Harvard Physician Fellows
GCCHE Nurse & Medical Student Fellows

Neurological Surgery Resident

Cleveland Clinic

Rebecca Achey, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

Emergency Medicine Physician

Cascade Emergency Physicians & Multicare Auburn Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Lizzy (Elizabeth) Auld, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Global Nurses Working Group, Director

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Gina Friel, DNP, CRNP-PC

GCCHE Nursing Fellow

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Emergency Medicine Physician

Public Health Medical Consultant for the South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing

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Kimberley Humphrey, MBBS, MPH&TM

Harvard Fellow 2022-23

Internal Medicine Physician

Co-Founder and Chief Health Officer

Nordson Green Earth

Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

Neurologist

Climate & Health Policy Advocate, Centura Health, Denver, CO

Ali Saad, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

Family Medicine Resident

UNM School of Medicine

Erika Strickler

GCCHE Medical Student Fellow

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Emergency Medicine Physician

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Tess Wiskel, MD

Harvard Fellow 2022-24

Emergency Medicine Physician

Rochester Regional Health

Katharine Weber MD

University of Colorado Fellow

Fellowships 2023 - 24
CU, Harvard, Lancet Oceana Physician Fellows
GCCHE Nurse & Medical Student Fellows

Emergency Medicine Physician

Adventist Health, Ukiah, CA

Tara Benesch, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

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Nurse

Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Delaware

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Michelle DePhillips, DNP

GCCHE Nursing Fellow

Family Medicine and Obstetrics

Aurora Family Medicine, Milwaukee, WI

Anne Getzin, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

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Emergency Medicine Physician

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Catharina Giudice, MD

Harvard Fellow 2023-24

Emergency Medicine Physician

Faculty at UCSF Fresno, community ER work at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center

Gayle Kouklis, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

Pediatric Physician

Seattle Children's Hospital

Founder of Pediatricians for Climate Action

Alexandra Perkins, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

Internal Medicine Pediatric Specalist

University of Pittsburg Medical Center

Nisha Shah, MD

University of Colorado Fellow

Emergency Medicine Specialist,

Rand Memorial Hospital on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahama

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LaToya Storr, MBBS

Harvard Fellow 2023-24

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Medical Student

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

James Sullivan

GCCHE Medical Student Fellow

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Emergency Medicine Physician

University of Sydney

Curtin University

Aditya Vyas, MD

Oceana Lancet Fellow 2023-24

Climate & Health Fellowship Projects

Fellowship Leadership

Director GCCHE & Fellowship

Physician Fellowship 2018-2020

Physician Fellowship 2021-2022 University of Colorado

Fellowships 2022 - 2023 CU and Harvard Physician Fellows GCCHE Nurse & Medical Student Fellows

GCCHE Nursing Fellow

Fellowships 2023 - 24 CU, Harvard, Lancet Oceana Physician Fellows GCCHE Nurse & Medical Student Fellows

Harvard Fellow 2023-24

Climate & Health
Fellowship Projects

Physician Fellowship 2021-2022
University of Colorado

Fellowships 2022 - 2023
CU and Harvard Physician Fellows
GCCHE Nurse & Medical Student Fellows

Fellowships 2023 - 24
CU, Harvard, Lancet Oceana Physician Fellows
GCCHE Nurse & Medical Student Fellows