Dr. Ziska is currently an Associate Professor in the Environmental Health Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.  After graduating from the University of California, Davis, he began his career as a Smithsonian fellow, then was the Project Leader for global climate change at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines prior to a 25-year career at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. He has worked extensively on documenting the impact of climate change and rising carbon dioxide levels on human health through a botanical lens, including allergies, nutrition, plant-based medicine and pesticide exposure. Dr. Ziska was a contributor to the 1995, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2022 International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports.  He was also a contributor to the 2014 and 2018 National Climate Assessment (NCA) (Public Health Chapter and Air quality chapter respectively); and helped lead the 2016 special NCA report on climate and health; The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment.  His most recent book is: Greenhouse Planet: How Rising CO2 changes Plants-and Life as we know it. Through Columbia University Press. (November 2022).

Read more about Dr. Ziska in, “Former USDA Scientist Says He’ll Make A Bigger Impact on Climate Change Research Outside of the Government”.

Cassie Papaleo, DO introduced the speaker and moderated the Q&A session. Cassie is a family medicine resident physician at Dartmouth Health in Keene, NH where she focuses on caring for a rural, underserved community, providing full spectrum care from birth through end of life. She is passionate about the intersection between medicine and social justice as a means of building healthier communities. She is a lover of the outdoors and strongly believes in the power of human connection.

This webinar is co-sponsored by the NH Network for Environment, Energy and Climate.