CHanGE | Center for Health and the Global Environment

Our work

CHanGE works to train the next generation of researchers and policy makers in climate change and health research.

CHanGE is a community of researchers, staff, students, and community members working together to improve people’s health in a changing environment.

CHanGE researches the effects of global environmental change on human health in order to help communities adapt to likely future scenarios.

CHanGE created an online tool, Chart, to provide decision makers and community members with local data on heat-health risks.

Amber Khan forges solutions to the housing crisis amid disasters and a changing climate

The UW SPH Outstanding Doctoral Student awardee is building community-led disaster resilience and hope for the future

At United Nations Dialogue, Kristie Ebi calls for global efforts to promote health system resilience to manage environmental change

CHanGE’s founding director urges global leaders to invest in safe and just transitions for a healthier future

Tania Busch Isaksen on extreme heat, wildfire smoke and community readiness

Why place-based interventions and continued risk communication are key to emergency preparedness

Hotter summers could be making us sick in unexpected ways

July 31, 2025 | Washington Post | Featured: Kristie Ebi | View

Upcoming Talk: Climate Change and Coastal Peoples: Tribally Led Adaptation in the Gulf of Alaska

January 29, 2025 | Featured: Dr. Matthew Gribble | View

CHanGE PhD Student Haemin Park giving Environmental Health Seminar on Jan. 9: The Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in the Pacific Islands

January 8, 2025 | DEOHS | Featured: Haemin Park, Kris Ebi | View

Pandemics, vaccines and infectious disease | Nobel Week Dialogue 2024 | The Future of Health

December 18, 2024 | Nobel Prize | Featured: Kristie Ebi | View

Our mission is to develop, implement and evaluate interventions to support health in extreme weather and environmental conditions.