Events & Opportunities

Office Hours to Develop Climate Health Curricula

January 21, 2025  |  2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern Time (NYC)  Register HERE

February 18, 2025  |  10:00 - 11:00 AM Eastern Time (NYC)  Register HERE

March 17, 2025  |  3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern Time (NYC)  Register HERE

In order to advance the mission of ensuring that 100% of health professionals globally have the knowledge and skills to address the climate crisis and to accelerate the incorporation of climate change and planetary health information into educational curricula, the GCCHE is now offering virtual consultation with faculty peers with personal experience implementing climate and planetary health content into their own institution’s curricula!

Join us for "Office Hours to Develop Climate Health Curricula" to discuss your practical, administrative, and conceptual challenges to integrating curriculum at your institution, receive personalized support, and grow your collegial network.

This initiative is supported by the GCCHE Medical Working Group and the Climate Resources for Health Education (CRHE) team.

Student-Led CRHE Implementation • Monthly Education Series

The last Monday of each month  |  6:00 pm EST until May 26, 2025 

Dates in 2025: Jan 27, Feb 24, Mar 31, Apr 28 and May 26

Zoom Meeting ID: 969 0591 4920      Password: 334712    Phone or Conference Room Password: 334712

CUGH 2025 Conference: Innovating and Implementing in Global Health for a Sustainable Future

February 20 - 23, 2025 

CUGH’s annual conference is a must attend event on the global health calendar. Over 2,000 scientists, students and implementers from academia, NGOs, government and the private sector will present, learn and collaborate to address some of the pressing challenges our world faces. A wide range of medical and non-medical disciplines are represented throughout the Pre-Conference Workshops on Feb 20th (free to attend, register online) and the main conference Feb 20-23. Attendees will be inspired and challenged to learn new skills, gain new contacts and find ways we can improve the health of people and the planet.

2nd Annual CAFÉ Climate & Health Conference

March 3 - 6, 2025   |  Pre-Conference workshop day is March 3rd

Planning is underway for the next virtual CAFÉ Climate and Health Conference! Ensuring this conference is accessible to the global climate and health community is a high priority for us. Extended Hours - We have extended our conference hours, with sessions starting at 7am EST (UTC-5), to make our virtual conference more time-zone friendly. More details will be released soon about the anticipated schedule. Languages - We welcome submissions of pre-conference workshops or sessions in other languages. Please note that translation services will not be provided. The session/workshop proposals must be in English and a facilitator of the session/workshop must be English-speaking in order to coordinate with conference organizers.

Call for Conference Sessions! Submissions opened September 1st and will be accepted through November 30th, 2024.

Keystone Symposia: Climate Change & Infectious Disease Threats

June 23-26, 2025  |  Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany

This conference will explore emerging research around how climate change is and will impact vector-borne disease and emerging zoonoses, from tropical to arctic regions around the globe. The program will span molecular to epidemiological insights, integrating our understanding of how environmental changes promote the emergence and spread of various infectious diseases with strategies for how to monitor and control such outbreaks. We will focus on critical areas of emerging climate and health science.

Key Deadlines:

• Short Talk Abstract Deadline: (March 25, 2025)
• Scholarship Abstract Deadline:  (March 25, 2025)
• Early Registration Deadline: (May 6, 2025)
• Abstract Deadline for Poster Presentation: (June 2, 2025)

Africa Climate and Health Responders Course | September 17 - October 22, 2024

This course will equip African health professionals with the skills to identify, communicate, respond to, and prepare for climate-related health impacts. Consists of eleven, live-virtual 90-minute learning sessions targeted towards health professionals from all backgrounds.

Practical Climate Action for Caribbean Health Professionals: A How-To Series | Monthly Sessions

Monthly webinar series will focus on equipping health professionals with hands-on techniques, leadership strategies and teaching tools for promoting climate action in different settings. Sessions will include topics such as climate action in the community, writing policy briefs, effective climate communication strategies to patients and the media, and data sharing and analysis to support climate action and many more.

Climate Change & Public Health Curriculum - Member Learning Collaborative | March 21, 2024 

Learning Collaborative webinars provide opportunities for members to share and learn about strategies, challenges, and success stories for integrating climate and health education into health professions curricula. The GCCHE will host presentations from University of Pennsylvania (Public Health) and the Colby Sawyer College (Social Work).

Climate Forces on the Health and Well-being of Children on the Move in LAC | March 5, 2024 

Fuerzas climáticas sobre la salud y el bienestar de los niños en movimiento en ALC | 5 de marzo de 2024

Climate change is an emerging yet understudied force on the health and well-being of international migrant children and adolescents. Over the past decade, we have seen a steady rise in the numbers of children traveling, especially unaccompanied or traveling with adults they do not know.  Social and health risks and vulnerabilities among migrant children have been recognised globally, yet the relevance of climate change as a direct and indirect driver of health outcomes is less understood. Local evidence from LAC can contribute to current global discussions around the health and protection of children on the move.

The Role of Public Health Schools in a Climate Changing World | Feb 21, 2024

Climate change poses significant health risks. Public Health professionals play a vital role, and training institutions must prepare future professionals to address climate-related health challenges effectively. Participate in this discussion where leading voices from the field will explore proactive measures public health schools can take to incorporate climate and planetary health into their curricula to ensure this generation of health professionals is equipped to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate-related health impacts.

Careers

The Department of Communication at George Mason University seeks to fill the position of Director of the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. This is a full-time 9-month tenured faculty appointment at the Full Professor level in the Department of Communication. The additional assignment of 4C Director is a 12-month position that includes summer responsibilities. Our university has a strong institutional commitment to achieving excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff and strongly encourages candidates who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment to apply. More information here. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a Letter of Intent which includes a vision statement for 4C and a complete Curriculum Vitae for review. Posting open date: October 24, 2024, open until filled  |  For full consideration, apply by:  January 5, 2025

Open Rank Professor in Climate Change and Community Health - The Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty member with expertise in the areas of climate change and community health. The position is open rank, and we strongly encourage applications from both established scholars as well as doctoral candidates or recent PhDs applying at the assistant professor level. More information and apply here Deadline: Friday, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:59pm PT

The Disease Ecology in a Changing World (DECO) at the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health, is recruiting for a Research and Program Manager to work closely with DECO faculty leadership to build and advance a new research program that bridges knowledge and action, scales solutions, and engages diverse stakeholders in generating new evidence and recommending solutions. The DECO Research and Program Manager will independently contribute to the research required for DECO’s current three cornerstone projects while identifying and recommending opportunities to advance the scope and scale of the DECO program. In addition to conducting research, the Manager will lead program coordination, management, fundraising and grant management tasks, and work to build strategic partnerships including within and beyond the Stanford disease ecology community. Learn more and apply here. 

Project Manager, Health Center Resilience needed by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), the national membership organization for the nation’s federally qualified health centers. Health centers are nonprofit, community-directed health clinics that provide access to high-quality, culturally competent, and comprehensive care to people living in medically underserved areas. The Project Manager will be responsible for implementation of projects to strengthen health center resilience to environmental and climate threats, performing project management, creating training programs, implementing technical support, communicating project outcomes, and actively participating in evaluation efforts. This individual will play a pivotal role in managing a large federal grant aimed at implementing solar and back-up battery storage projects at community health centers. Learn more and apply here. 

Human and Planetary Health Program Manager - The Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health seeks a full-time Program Manager to manage and advance its programmatic and educational activities. This position offers an exciting and dynamic opportunity to contribute significantly to the impact of a new Center through expanding and building Stanford’s interdisciplinary educational portfolio in human and planetary health and advancing science communications efforts to maximize impact. The Program Manager directs large-scale human and planetary health initiatives under broad direction from leadership. Learn more and apply here.

WE ACT is seeking a Director of Environmental Health with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Northern Manhattan headquarters. This individual reports to the cofounder and executive director and will lead WE ACT’s efforts to improve quality of life and environmental health outcomes in communities of color and low-income communities at the local, state and federal levels and will oversee the Environmental Health Department and the organization’s environmental health-related activities and campaigns. They will also help to define, develop and communicate the environmental health components of WE ACT’s policy agenda and promote public health awareness, coalition building and advocacy amongst WE ACT’s constituencies, and lead WE ACT’s research and education efforts, and alongside their staff, ensure the presence of an environmental justice perspective in the environmental and public health arena. The director will be responsible for designing and implementing all aspects of WE ACT’s environmental health program. Find more information and how to apply here. 

Fellowships and Post-doctoral Positions

The Emerging Physician Leader Award, offered by Health Care Without Harm in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges, recognizes U.S.-based medical students, residents, and fellows committed to climate-smart healthcare. Recipients will receive free registration for CleanMed Atlanta (May 6-8), up to three nights of lodging, travel reimbursement up to $600, and a $1,000 grant to support projects aligned with Health Care Without Harm’s goals to mitigate the environmental impact of healthcare delivery and promote resilience and leadership. Applicants may also opt to be considered for the Blair and Georgia Sadler Fellowship, established in 2022 to empower emerging clinical health professionals to advance equitable climate-smart healthcare. More information can be found here. Deadline - January 21, 11:59 PM PT, with recipients notified in early March.

An Expression of Interest process is opening for the upcoming Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships).  The scheme provides two types of fellowship open to any discipline and to candidates with a PhD and no more than 8 years’ experience post PhD.

1) European Fellowships – supporting fellowships hosted solely our Centre in Hamburg. Typically, 24 months in duration, and open to individuals of any nationality who have spent less than 12 months in the past 36 months in Germany.

2) Global Fellowships – supporting fellowships hosted at our Centre in Hamburg, combining an ‘outgoing’ phase at an organisation outside the EU (12-24 months) with a ‘return’ phase to Hamburg (12 months). Open to nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States and Associated Countries, who have not spent more than 12 months in the last 36 months in the country.

The call is anticipated to open on 9 April 2025 with a deadline of 10 September 2025 (TBC). Interested candidates will be required to submit (i) a CV and (ii) a two-page project proposal by 30th March 2025. 

The Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson University is recruiting one PhD student ($30k/year for four years, full tuition waiver, and other benefits) to work with the role of biodiversity markets and their effects on forests and grasslands conservation and public health.The incoming student will work closely with the IUCN Forests and Grassland Team based in Washington, DC. Prior educational or work experiences in public health, conservation practices, or a combination of both are encouraged. A publication record is encouraged but not required. Specific skills (e.g., GIS, R) in managing large spatial datasets related to ecological and health sectors are encouraged. This position is relevant for students interested in making careers in several federal and state agencies, non-profits, sustainability-oriented corporations, and universities. Underrepresented national/international students are welcome to apply. More information is available at this Dropbox weblink. The application deadline is March 31, 2025

Postdoctoral Scholar, Climate Change and Health Adaptation - Researchers and practitioners at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) seek a postdoctoral researcher to support research tracking progress on adaptation to climate change in the health sector in the US and globally. CHanGE is an interdisciplinary center in the UW Schools of Medicine and Public Health with the mission of prioritizing health in climate change mitigation and adaptation and incorporating climate resilience into all health sector activities. CHanGE collaborates with a wide range of partners domestically and globally in pursuit of its mission, and the postdoctoral scholar will support CHanGE activities focused on adaptation in the health sector. More information can be found here.

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the field of climate science with a specialization in extreme heat and human health needed at the Climate & Water Lab in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University. The position requires a strong background in climate science & modeling, as well as with high-resolution weather and climate instrumental data. Experience in numerical/statistical and geospatial modeling is required, and experience running CAM5/6 and/or CESM is preferred. Both domestic and international applicants are welcome. A Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. Applicants are required to submit a current CV to Dr. Sylvia Dee (sylvia.dee@rice.edu). Letters of reference should be submitted by 2-3 referees to the same email address. 

Multiple NIH-funded disease ecology postdoc positions are available in Mordecai Lab at Stanford University to study environmental drivers of vector-borne diseases. Flexible start date. Initial appointment will be for two years (with second year contingent upon progress in the first year), further extension possible. To apply, please submit (i) a cover letter that describes your research interests, background, and fit to the lab and (ii) a curriculum vitae that contains contact information for three references to Susan Mello: somello@stanford.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. More Information

Climate and Health Foundation Consortium on Climate & Health Science Policy, Climate and Human Health Fellowship: trains physicians to examine and advance evidence-based policies that help build climate-resilient communities and health systems.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE), Climate and Human Health Fellowship; The Climate and Human Health Fellowship trains physicians to examine and advance evidence-based policies that help build climate-resilient communities and health systems. This two-year experiential fellowship includes a Harvard master’s degree, research training and projects, public communications, and policy and advocacy training with national and international partners. 

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE), full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Transportation, Equity, Climate, and Health (TREC) project

Fellowships available for the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS) new Master of Science in Climate and Health (U-MSCH) graduate program.

Internships:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accepts applications for various volunteer internships.

Find internship opportunities with the American Public Health Association (APHA).

Find a list of current Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) fellowships and internships.

• Wallace Global Fund supports projects related to ecological collapse and climate change, among other key topics.

• Find Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) climate change research grants.
• Find National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) climate and health funding opportunities.
• Find information on climate and health financial resources on the World Health Organization website.
• The Financing the Climate-Health Nexus: A Tool for Accessing Funds summarizes funds that are the most relevant and feasible for climate-health initiatives.
• Read a report on climate and health philanthropic opportunities.
• Read an informational blog on climate and health philanthropic opportunities and funding information by Matt James, Health Affairs, March 30, 2017.

Call for Papers: The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is collecting implementation research papers on climate change and health, specifically formative research on intervention development and process evaluation methods and outcomes, for its journal, Health Policy and Planning. The aim is to amplify the voices of authors from low and middle-income countries. Selected papers will be published in the journal. Submissions are open.

Climate for Health, Ambassador Training Program - This free, three-hour training equips health professionals with the knowledge, hands-on experience, and resources to speak and act confidently on climate change solutions. Three units of Continuing Medical Education or Nursing CE are available upon completion. Through the generous support of our donors, we are able to offer this course at no cost to you or the training participants.