Risk Assessment & Policy

The Issue 

Transformations in weather can also affect the frequency and types of disease in a region. These changes create a cascading effect on public health, ecosystems, businesses, and leisure. Studying these transitions allows us to design mitigation strategies and adapt our communities in ways that will minimize the health impacts of climate change. To meet the challenge, governments at local, national, and international scales need to put in place effective policies to reduce warming from greenhouse gases and protect public health. Risk assessment is a valuable tool that can help communities and policymakers understand the types of impacts they may experience in a climate-altered future. It can also help industry take measures to make their businesses and equipment more resilient, and encourage governments at all levels to plan programs that reduce greenhouse gases and protect people from extreme weather and other changes expected in their local area.

Our Experts

Susan Anenberg
Director, Climate & Health Institute
Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health 
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Carlos Santos Burgoa
Professor of Global Health
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Robert Canales
Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health 

Rachel Clark
Policy Director, Summer M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Kelvin Fong
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

John Forrer
Director, Institute for Corporate Responsibility
Associate Research Professor of Strategic Management & Public Policy
GW School of Business 

Royce Francis
Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
GW School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Nina Kelsey 
Associate Professor of Public Policy and International Affairs
GW Elliott School of International Affairs and GW Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration

Jordan Kuiper
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

Peter Linquiti
Associate Professor of Environmental Resource Policy
GW Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration

Ekundayo Shittu
Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
GW School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Y. Tony Yang
Associate Dean of Health Policy and Population Science
Endowed Professor of Health Policy 
GW School of Nursing & GW Milken Institute School of Public Health