From low birth weight to wildfire smoke, climate change impacts every child. Pediatricians say it's time for climate conversations to be part of any doctor's visit. American Academy of Pediatrics samantha ahdoot Dr. Cierra Gromoff grist.org/health/pediatr…

In 2019, we began to realize how much of env psych was based on consumer behaviors that aren't impactful enough to stem the tide of climate change. Many groups pivoted to studying collective behaviors like activism and advocacy, and those papers are starting to come out. 1/2

Want to learn how to talk with your patients about climate change?

John Kotcher, Lisa Patel, MD, MESc, Stefan Wheat, MD, Ed Maibach, & Dr. Rebecca Philipsborn suggest five key touchpoints for climate-related counseling within clinical practice ⤵️ bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Whatever makes Mother's Day challenging for you, you're likely not alone — and we want to hear from you. st.news/3w3xLJW

The last line says it all.

'although educational videos from health care professionals are out there, they aren’t necessarily reaching the public to the same extent as other content...knowing what patients are seeing could help facilitate...conversations abt treatment' #MDMTwitter jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

I had the honor of working with a dream team (John Kotcher Lisa Patel, MD, MESc Stefan Wheat, MD & Dr. Rebecca Philipsborn) to summarize for The BMJ readers how clinicians can communicate with patients about climate change: bmj.com/content/385/bm… The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Global Climate and Health Alliance

NEW: It’s one of the burning questions for climate communicators - what do Americans most want to know about climate change? Most audiences, especially the climate Alarmed, want to hear about solutions - read the full note for more info: climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/a…

Postdoc job alert!

The Collective Cognition Lab is moving moving to Stanford University in the Department of Environmental Social Sciences Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability & looking for a postdoctoral scholar interested in the psychology of climate beliefs and behaviors.

Apply now: forms.gle/smfec81pMR8XzK…

How student journalists can learn to cover climate change was a featured session at April 13's Society of Professional Journalists region 2 conference. Great to be on the panel with Robin Reed Kathryn Thier & GMU Center for Climate Change Communication's Dan Reed. Thx SPJ's Stephenie Overman & George Mason University. communication.gmu.edu/events/15565

People often think the most important part of science is the statistical analysis.

But they’re wrong.

The most important part is understanding the data. Who collected it, when, where, why, how, and from whom? Who entered and cleaned it, when, where, why, how, and for whom?

Project Drawdown's storytelling team just launched a new initiative called the Global Solutions Diary!

Learn more about it – and how you can get involved – in this Q&A with Matt Scott.

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#ICYMI : Research has revealed that climate change is associated with a rise in immune-mediated diseases.

The good news? We can address this epidemic with bold, global action. Read more from Harvard C-CHANGE's Dr. Kari Nadeau ⤵️ statnews.com/2024/04/04/cli…

And this posting is now live on the AEJMC jobs board: aejmc.org/jobads/?p=19841! Please feel free to get in touch with any questions.

Prof Ed Maibach of George Mason University The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health GMU Center for Climate Change Communication argues that health professionals, organizations, and systems must defend the ecological determinants of health—including #climatechange and the choices of fuel used to power the global economy.

Read his viewpoint ⬇️

📢In the latest issue of NatureClimate, we present an ambitious vision for improving the contribution of behavioral science for climate change mitigation🌟🌍

We offer six actionable recommendations for research on individual climate behavior🌱💡
nature.com/articles/s4155…

#MasonCOMM PhD student, Margaret Orr, was recently featured on the Weather Channel where she discusses how AI can be used to debunk climate change myths or make them worse.

🔗youtube.com/watch?v=BEnu7b…

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The health community has a unique role in transitioning to a clean energy economy.

Edward Maibach Ed Maibach of George Mason University The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health GMU Center for Climate Change Communication responding to an article on climate change impacts on human health by Cezmi Akdis, Jaime Hart, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann & others ⬇️

We, the health community, can play a unique & essential role in building public & political will to accelerate the end of the fossil fuel era. I share my thoughts on why & how in this essay: frontiersin.org/journals/scien… The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Global Climate and Health Alliance Lisa Patel, MD, MESc APHA GMU Center for Climate Change Communication

PhD position in environmental and health psychology at the U of Copenhagen: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=1615…. Deadline 1 May

Relationship between physiology, psychology, and culture in response to extreme heat caused by climate change; seeking statistics/psychometrics background