Publications

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.

Policy

• Bedi N.S., Dresser C. Health Care, Cities, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy. 2025 May 27. https://doi.org/10.3138/jccpe-2024-0038

• Dresser C., Johns Z., Palardy A., McKinnon S., Breakey S., Ros A.M.V., Nicholas P.K. Toward a Climate-Ready Health Care System: Institutional Motivators and Workforce Engagement Milbank Q. 2024 Jan 16.

• 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. Extramural US Federal Research Grants For Health Outcomes Associated With Climate Change Inadequate, Too Narrow In Focus Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 09; 42(9):1289-1297. PMID: 37669497.

• Humphrey, K., Rao, Sheetal., & Alexander, M. Bringing Together Climate-Conscious Health Professionals - creation of Climate and Health 2023 Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2023. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278223000330

• Information for Medical Professionals Additional Materials for The 2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Policy Brief for the United States of America

• Parekh A., Dresser C., Kimball S. Health Impacts of Climate Mobility in the United States SGIM Forum, 2021

• Balsari S., Dresser C., Leaning J. Climate Change, Migration, and Civil Strife Current Environmental Health Reports, October 2020.

   

Medical Education

• Rosenberg N., Balsari S., Dresser C., Krakower D., Stead W. A Hot Topic: A Climate-Focused Track for Infectious Disease Fellowship Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2025;, ofaf080, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf080. 

• Dresser C., Wiskel T., Giudice C., Humphrey K., Storr L., Balsari S. A Graduate Medical Education Fellowship in Climate Change and Human Health: Experience and Outcomes From the First 5 Years J Grad Med Educ. 2024 Dec;16(6 Suppl);129-134. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-24-00110.1. Epub 2024 Dec 13.

• Hamilton W., Philippe C., Hospedales J., Dresser C., Colebrooke B., Hamacher N., Humphrey K., Sorensen C. Building capacity of healthcare professionals and community members to address climate and health threats in The Bahamas: Analysis of a green climate fund pilot workshop Dialogues in Health, Volume 3, 2023, 100141, ISSN 2772-6533, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2023.100141

• Dresser C., Gentile E., Lyons R., Sullivan K., Balsari S. Climate Change and Health in New England: A Review of Training and Policy Initiatives at Health Education Institutions and Professional Societies R I Med J, 2021

• Lemery J., Balbus J., Sorensen C., Rublee C., Dresser C., Balsari S., Hynes E.C. Training clinical and public health leaders in climate and health Health Affairs, December 2020.

• Gómez A., Balsari S., Nusbaum J., Heerboth A., Lemery J. Perspective: Environment, biodiversity, and the education of the physician of the future Academic Medicine, February 2013.

Clinical Care

• Lee H.T., Ma M., Sarpy C., Dai C., Sarkar J., Heberlein C., Miles T., Dresser C. Bringing climate health conversations to frontline clinics: A qualitative post-intervention assessment of utilization of the Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 23, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2025.100444

• Wiskel T., Matthews-Trigg N., Miles T.T., Stevens K., Dresser C., Bernstein A. Frontline Clinic Administrator Perspectives on Extreme Weather Events, Clinic Operations, and Climate Resilience  J Ambul Care Manage 2025. Jan. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000519.

• Wiskel T., Miles T.T., Fonteyn M., Stevens K., Heberlein C., Matthews-Trigg N., Dresser C., Bernstein A. Frontline clinic perspectives on climate change, human health, and resilience: a national cross-sectional survey BMC Prim Care. 2024 Nov 22;25(1):399. doi 10.1186/s12875-024-02622-y.

• Giudice C., Rublee C. Climate Change and Health: Addressing Gaps Through Patient Education in the Emergency Department Annals of Emergency Medicine. ePub July 18, 2023. ISSN 0196-0644.

• Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins, Ann Borda, Kimberly Humphrey Designing digital health applications for climate change mitigation and adaptation The Medical Journal of Australia, 10 January 2023

• Dresser C. and Balsari S. Chapter 27: Specific Impacts Upon Human Health​​​​​ Global Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice, 2nd Edition, Jay Lemery (Editor), Kim Knowlton (Editor), Cecilia Sorensen (Editor), 2021

Infectious Diseases

• Dresser C. & Rublee C. Climate Change and vibrio Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, Policy Brief for the United States of America, Appendix. December 2020.

• Dresser C. Climate change or COVID-19: Which is a greater threat to our health? University of Auckland / The Big Q

• Tess Wiskel, Hawra Al-Lawati, Kimberly Humphrey Climate Change Effects on Vector-Borne Disease: The Case of Lyme Contagion. February 2023 (Vol. 08, No. 1)

Disasters

• Dresser C, Storr L, Leaning J. Disasters and Emergency Planning. International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Third Edition). Volume 5, Pages 759-772. September 9, 2024.

• Dresser C, Balsari S. Disaster Medicine in a Changing Climate 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.

• Kimberly Humphrey and Caleb Dresser Natural disasters strike everywhere: Ways to help protect your health Harvard Health Publishing. January 20, 2023.

• 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 Use of machine learning tools to predict health risks from climate-sensitive extreme weather events: A scoping review PLoS Climate. January 17, 2024

Heat

• Burlotos A., Dresser C., Shandas V. Portland's response to the Western North American heatwave: A brief report Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023; e522(17):1-4

• Dresser C., Rublee C., Giudice C., Sorenson C. Beyond Defibrillation During Immersion: Case Illustrates Value of Heatstroke Treatment Protocols Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 82, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 237-238. ePub July 19, 2023. ISSN 0196-0644

• Rublee C., Dresser C., Giudice C., Lemery J., Sorenson C. Evidence-Based Heatstroke Management in the Emergency Department West J Emerg Med, 2021

Hurricanes

• Dresser C., Hart A., Kwok-Keung Law A., Yen Yen Poon G., Ciottone G., Balsari S. Where are People Dying in Disasters, and Where is it Being Studied? A Mapping Review of Scientific Articles on Tropical Cyclone Mortality in English and Chines Prehosp Disaster Med. 2022 Apr 5:1-8

• Dresser C., Balsari S., Leaning J. Hurricanes and Health Oxford Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards Research, 23 March 2022

• 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. Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria New England Journal of Medicine, July 2018.

• Dresser C., Allison J., Broach J., Smith M.E., Milsten A. High Amplitude Atlantic Hurricanes Produce Disparate Mortality in Small, Low-Income Countries Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness, December 2016.

Wildfires

• Wiskel T., Dresser C., Sergienko E., Keheley K., Schroeder A., Balsari S. Preparedness, Information Needs, and Interruptions in Medical Care after the California Oak Fire Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2025 Jun 3:19:e137. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2025.10063.

• Jung YS., Johnson M., Burke M., Heft-Neal S., Bondy M., Chinthrajah RS., Cullen M., Nelson L., Dresser C., Nadeau K. Fine Particulate Matter From 2020 California Wildfires and Mental Health-Related Emergency Department Visits JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e253326. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.3326

• Bedi N.S., Dresser C., Yadav A., Schroeder A., Balsari S. Wildfire Threat to Inpatient Health Care Facilities in California, 2022 Am J Public Health. 2023 Mar 2:e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307236. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36862972.

• Andrew Schroeder, Caleb Dresser, Akash Yadav, Jennifer Chan, Shenyue Jia, Caroline Buckee, Satchit Balsari CrisisReady's novel framework for transdisciplinary translation: Case-studies in wildfire and hurricane response Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 9, 2023, 10019