Dr. Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN is a professor at Villanova University’s M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing and Co-director of the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment. She has extensive community health nursing experience and is an expert in environmental health. She has authored publications regarding implementing environmental and climate health into the nursing curricula. In 2018 she was a Fulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Health and Environmental Sciences Scholar where she conducted research and taught at the University of Eastern Finland. She is a recipient of the prestigious Charlotte Brody Award for environmental health nursing leadership.