Dr. Kristie Ebi

Kris Ebi's research focuses on the impacts of and adaptation to climate variability and change, extreme events, thermal stress, foodborne safety, and vectorborne diseases. She focuses on understanding sources of vulnerability, estimating health risks of climate change, and designing adaptation policies and measures to reduce the risks of climate change. She has supported multiple countries in assessing their vulnerability and implementing adaptation measures, in collaboration with WHO, UNDP, USAID, and others. She also is co-chair of the International Committee On New Integrated Climate change assessment Scenarios (ICONICS), facilitating development of new climate change scenarios. Dr. Ebi’s scientific training includes an M.S. in toxicology and a Ph.D. and a Masters of Public Health in epidemiology, and two years of postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has edited four books on aspects of climate change and has more than 180 publications.