Fellows work on research projects throughout their fellowship and are mentored by our faculty and external collaborators relevant to their focus area. Fellows are trained to conduct and publish rigorous, high-quality research with significant translational potential. Our large pool of faculty mentors allows us to accommodate and support a wide range of research interests that incoming fellows may wish to pursue. Fellows have access to numerous resources including research services through the Harvard Library system, statistical support and research assistants at BIDMC, and GIS training opportunities.
Research Areas
Publications by Faculty and Fellows
Policy
- Health Care, Cities, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities
- Bedi N.S., Dresser C.
- Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, 2025 May 27. Volume 3, Number 2/3, https://doi.org/10.3138/jccpe-2024-0038
- Toward a Climate-Ready Health Care System: Institutional Motivators and Workforce Engagement
- Dresser C., Johns Z., Palardy A., McKinnon S., Breakey S., Ros A.M.V., Nicholas P.K.
- Milbank Q. 2024 Jan 16.
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Sorensen C., Dresser C., Balakumar A., Wheat S., Yates E., Healy J.P., Brown C., Butala N., Lehmann E.Y., Malina G., Redelmeier R.J., Hess J.J., Salas R.N.
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Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 09; 42(9):1289-1297. PMID: 37669497.
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- Bringing Together Climate-Conscious Health Professionals - creation of Climate and Health 2023
- Humphrey, K., Rao, Sheetal., & Alexander, M.
- Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2023. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278223000330
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Additional Materials for The 2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Policy Brief for the United States of America
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- Health Impacts of Climate Mobility in the United States
- Parekh A., Dresser C., Kimball S.
- SGIM Forum, 2021
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- Balsari S., Dresser C., Leaning J.
- Current Environmental Health Reports, October 2020.
Medical Education
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Rosenberg N., Balsari S., Dresser C., Krakower D., Stead W.
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2025;, ofaf080, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf080.
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Dresser C., Wiskel T., Giudice C., Humphrey K., Storr L., Balsari S.
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J Grad Med Educ. 2024 Dec;16(6 Suppl);129-134. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-24-00110.1. Epub 2024 Dec 13.
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Hamilton W., Philippe C., Hospedales J., Dresser C., Colebrooke B., Hamacher N., Humphrey K., Sorensen C.
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Dialogues in Health, Volume 3, 2023, 100141, ISSN 2772-6533, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100141
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- Climate Change and Health in New England: A Review of Training and Policy Initiatives at Health Education Institutions and Professional Societies
- Dresser C., Gentile E., Lyons R., Sullivan K., Balsari S.
- R I Med J, 2021
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Lemery J., Balbus J., Sorensen C., Rublee C., Dresser C., Balsari S., Hynes E.C.
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Health Affairs, December 2020.
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- Perspective: Environment, biodiversity, and the education of the physician of the future
- Gómez A., Balsari S., Nusbaum J., Heerboth A., Lemery J.
- Academic Medicine, February 2013.
Clinical Care
- Impact of Daily Maximum Temperature on Emergency Department Arrivals and Acuity Levels
- Giudice, C., Arisco, N. J, Lu, Z., Stenson, B., & Dresser, C.
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 26(5), 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.42263
- Perspectives and Action on Climate-Related Health Impacts by Staff at Safety Net Clinics and Health Centers
- Ma M., Sarkar J., Senechal K., Miles T.T., Dresser C., & Bernstein A.
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 36(3), 765-770. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2025.a967330.
- Integration of environmental data into electronic health records for clinical and public health decision making: A viewpoint on expanding development in the United States
- Burlotos, A., Stenson, B.A., Grossestreuer, A.V., Dresser C.
- Intern Emerg Med (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-025-04062-7
- Weather information improves a predictive model of emergency department arrivals
- Ma M., Sarkar J., Senechal K., Miles T.T., Dresser C., & Bernstein A.
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 36(3), 765-770. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2025.a967330.
- Bringing climate health conversations to frontline clinics: A qualitative post-intervention assessment of utilization of the Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit
- Lee H.T., Ma M., Sarpy C., Dai C., Sarkar J., Heberlein C., Miles T., Dresser C.
- Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 23, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100444
- Frontline Clinic Administrator Perspectives on Extreme Weather Events, Clinic Operations, and Climate Resilience
- Wiskel T., Matthews-Trigg N., Miles T.T., Stevens K., Dresser C., Bernstein A.
- J Ambul Care Manage 2025. Jan. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000519.
- Frontline clinic perspectives on climate change, human health, and resilience: a national cross-sectional survey
- Wiskel T., Miles T.T., Fonteyn M., Stevens K., Heberlein C., Matthews-Trigg N., Dresser C., Bernstein A.
- BMC Prim Care. 2024 Nov 22;25(1):399. doi 10.1186/s12875-024-02622-y.
- Climate Change and Health: Addressing Gaps Through Patient Education in the Emergency Department
- Giudice C., Rublee C.
- Annals of Emergency Medicine. ePub July 18, 2023. ISSN 0196-0644.
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Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins, Ann Borda, Kimberly Humphrey
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The Medical Journal of Australia, 10 January 2023
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- Chapter 27: Specific Impacts Upon Human Health
- Dresser C. and Balsari S.
- Global Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice, 2nd Edition, Jay Lemery (Editor), Kim Knowlton (Editor), Cecilia Sorensen (Editor), 2021
Infectious Diseases
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Dresser C. & Rublee C.
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Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, Policy Brief for the United States of America, Appendix. December 2020.
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Dresser C.
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University of Auckland / The Big Q
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- Climate Change Effects on Vector-Borne Disease: The Case of Lyme
- Tess Wiskel, Hawra Al-Lawati, Kimberly Humphrey
- Contagion. February 2023 (Vol. 08, No. 1)
Disasters
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Dresser C, Storr L, Leaning J.
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International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Third Edition). Volume 5, Pages 759-772. September 9, 2024.
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Dresser C, Balsari S.
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Chapter 8 - Disaster Medicine in a Changing Climate, Editor(s): Gregory Ciottone, Ciottone's Disaster Medicine (Third Edition), Elsevier, 2024, Pages 51-57, ISBN 9780323809320, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-80932-0.00008-2.
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Kimberly Humphrey and Caleb Dresser
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Harvard Health Publishing. January 20, 2023.
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- Use of machine learning tools to predict health risks from climate-sensitive extreme weather events: A scoping review
- Shakirah N. Ssebyala , Timothy M. Kintu, David J. Muganzi, Caleb Dresser, Michelle R. Demetres, Yuan Lai, Kobusingye Mercy, Chenyu Li, Fei Wang, Soko Setoguchi, Leo Anthony Celi, Arnab K. Ghosh
- PLoS Climate. January 17, 2024
Heat
- Implementation of a heat alert system for clinical staff in an ambulatory setting: A pilot project
- Dellaripa P, Feldman C, Gedmintas L, Ritter S, Dresser C
- The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 24, 2025, 100478, ISSN 2667-2782, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100478
- Portland's response to the Western North American heatwave: A brief report
- Burlotos A., Dresser C., Shandas V.
- Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023; e522(17):1-4
- Beyond Defibrillation During Immersion: Case Illustrates Value of Heatstroke Treatment Protocols
- Dresser C., Rublee C., Giudice C., Sorenson C.
- Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 82, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 237-238. ePub July 19, 2023. ISSN 0196-0644
- Evidence-Based Heatstroke Management in the Emergency Department
- Rublee C., Dresser C., Giudice C., Lemery J., Sorenson C.
- West J Emerg Med, 2021
Hurricanes
- Strengthening Healthcare System Resilience: A Comprehensive Framework for Tropical Cyclone Preparedness and Response
- Hertelendy AJ, Dresser C, Gorgens S, Hertelendy AP, Biddinger PD, Ciottone G.
- The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, July 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101205
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Dresser C., Hart A., Kwok-Keung Law A., Yen Yen Poon G., Ciottone G., Balsari S.
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Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Apr 5:1-8
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- Hurricanes and Health
- Dresser C., Balsari S., Leaning J.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards Research, 23 March 2022
- Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
- Kishore N, Marqués D, Mahmud A, Kiang MV, Rodriguez I, Fuller A, Ebner P, Sorensen C, Racy F, Lemery J, Maas L, Leaning J, Irizarry RA, Balsari S, Buckee CO.
- New England Journal of Medicine, July 2018.
- High Amplitude Atlantic Hurricanes Produce Disparate Mortality in Small, Low-Income Countries
- Dresser C., Allison J., Broach J., Smith M.E., Milsten A.
- Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness, December 2016.
Wildfires
- Preparedness, Information Needs, and Interruptions in Medical Care after the California Oak Fire
- Wiskel T., Dresser C., Sergienko E., Keheley K., Schroeder A., Balsari S.
- Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2025 Jun 3:19:e137. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2025.10063.
- Fine Particulate Matter From 2020 California Wildfires and Mental Health-Related Emergency Department Visits
- Jung YS., Johnson M., Burke M., Heft-Neal S., Bondy M., Chinthrajah RS., Cullen M., Nelson L., Dresser C., Nadeau K.
- JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e253326. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.3326
- Wildfire Threat to Inpatient Health Care Facilities in California, 2022
- Bedi N.S., Dresser C., Yadav A., Schroeder A., Balsari S.
- Am J Public Health. 2023 Mar 2:e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307236. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36862972.
- CrisisReady's novel framework for transdisciplinary translation: Case-studies in wildfire and hurricane response
- Andrew Schroeder, Caleb Dresser, Akash Yadav, Jennifer Chan, Shenyue Jia, Caroline Buckee, Satchit Balsari
- Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 9, 2023, 10019