Healthy planet.
Sustainable healthcare.
The Centre for Planetary Health and Sustainable Care is an interdisciplinary research and training environment committed to exploring the complex interconnections between human health, environmental sustainability, and equitable care systems.
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We are a passionate, solutions-oriented, interdisciplinary team dedicated to to promoting human health and prosperity while ensuring a healthy planet for all. We are clinicians, epidemiologists, ecological economists, behavioural scientists, health promoters and innovators.
We capitalize on advances in life cycle assessment, data analytics, quality improvement, prevention and healthcare management to find ways to reduce healthcare demand, recommend appropriate care and avoid harmful impacts to planetary health.
We focus on tangible issues like health system transformation, identifying environmental hotspots, sustainable procurement and health for all.
In an effort to treat disease and illness the healthcare system is creating new health problems linked to climate change and environmental pollution.
— Dr. Sean Christie, neurosurgeon and professor in the Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University
Students in medical school and in other health disciplines realize that climate change is making us unwell. Climate-informed health professionals will provide better care and are more likely to lead climate innovations to reduce the environmental impacts of healthcare delivery.
— Dr. Daniel Rainham, professor in the Health Promotion Division, Dalhousie University
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Daniel Rainham
Academic Director & Cofounder
PhD
[he/him/his]
Professor, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
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Sean Christie
Clinical Director & Cofounder
MD, FRCSC
[he/him/his]
Professor and Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University
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Jono Drew
Research Lead & Cofounder
MBChB, BMedSc(Hons) [he/him/his]
Killam and Vanier Doctoral Scholar, Dalhousie University
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Nabha Shetty
Clinical Fellow, Lead Quality Improvement
MD, MSc, FRCPC(GIM)
[she/her/hers]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University
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Peter Tyedmers
Academic Fellow, Lead Life Cycle Assessment
PhD, LL.B
[he/him/his]
Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Sage Mosgrove
Data analyst, HealthcareLCA
MES-R
[Pronouns]
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Nathan Ayer
Research Fellow, Life Cycle Assessment
PhD
[he/him/his]
Director of Research, EarthShift Global
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Georgia Murray
Research FELLOW
MA (Health Promotion)
[she/her/hers]
Food operations sustainability in clinical environments
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Kelachi Nsitem
Medical student
MSc (Epidemiology)
[she/her/hers]
Integrating carbon costs into economic evaluations of health technologies
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Forough Fendereski
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD
[she/her/hers]
Nova Scotia Heat Vulnerability Index
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Saeed Saffari
data analyst
MA (Economics)
[he/him/his]
Organizational LCA; data analytics and visualization; programming
Name
Research FELLOW
MA (Health Promotion)[she/her/hers]
Food operations sustainability in clinical environments
We believe that tackling the complex challenges at the intersection of planetary health and sustainable care requires collective effort.
The Centre for Planetary Health and Sustainable Care actively cultivates collaborations with a diverse range of external institutions and organizations.
These partnerships span academic institutions, healthcare providers, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and community groups, both locally and globally.
Through these synergistic relationships, we aim to amplify our research impact, broaden our training opportunities, and translate knowledge into real-world solutions that advance both human and planetary well-being.
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