Climate and Health (PH-0279)

Summer 2025 · PH 0279 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Students will learn about one of the most pressing, dynamic, and multifaceted public health challenges of our time. The course aims to prepare public health leaders who are familiar with the trends and tools used to characterize and mitigate climate-related health challenges. Through weekly didactic lectures and interactive class sessions, world-renowned guest speakers, engaging case studies, and real-world application of course principles, students will gain a broad understanding of climate and health issues from a variety of perspectives. Climate-related topics will include extreme temperatures, changing trends in infectious and vector-borne disease, wildfires, climate-related allergens and air quality, hurricanes, flooding, drought, food insecurity, and climate migration and displacement.

Course codes: PH-0279, PH 0279, PH0279, PH-279, PH 279, PH279

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