Climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and other environmental changes are creating new disease patterns, threats to mental health, malnutrition, and safety risks. These unprecedented challenges impact communities across the world – especially lower-income settings. Health professionals need new approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy to respond. We have curated resources to support health professionals in taking action for human and planetary health —  in the clinic and beyond. This includes Medicine for a Changing Planet, a joint project with the University of Washington that develops human and planetary health case studies for medical students and clinicians. CME credit now available!

Science Writing Advancing Planetary Health (SWAP) leverages Stanford expertise and faculty-student teams to develop evidence-based strategies, partnerships, and messaging to influence policy and grassroots actions that protect people and the planet. This competitively awarded independent study opportunity pairs Stanford students with faculty to develop strategic communications resources in support of human and planetary health objectives. With the support of SWAP, students work with faculty to develop theories of change, identify key stakeholders, and design strategic communications projects to achieve meaningful impact.

A selection of seed grants from CIGH and the Woods Institute for the Environment support solutions-oriented research on human & planetary health challenges, including CIGH Global Health Seed Grants, Woods Institute Environmental Ventures Projects, and Human and Planetary Health Early-Career Development Awards.

The Stanford/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Human & Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship fosters the professional development of a new generation of researchers committed to protecting health on a changing planet.

The human & planetary health crisis requires new thinking and bold leadership. These courses explore health adaptations to the climate crisis, how public health and environmental justice are intertwined, and how health considerations can inform environmental action – preparing students for careers in global health, environmental science, policy, entrepreneurship, innovation, strategic communications, and activism.

Together with the School of Medicine’s Climate, Health, and Equity Task Force, we are educating and empowering health professionals to be effective advocates for the planet. Sustainability resources for medical providers can be found here. We also support Medicine for a Changing Planet, a joint project with the University of Washington that develops human and planetary health case studies for medical students and clinicians.

Stanford Climate and Health is a student-driven advocacy group that provides a space for the Stanford community to take action on climate change, planetary and environmental health, and sustainable health care by engaging in advocacy, education, dialogue, and research.

The Climate, Health, and Equity Task Force empowers climate leadership and sustainable healthcare at the School of Medicine – and partners with the student-run Stanford Climate & Health advocacy group on healthcare sustainability, medical education initiatives, and community engagement initiatives.

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We are committed to community-engaged research and action, collaborating with the Environmental Justice Working Group (EJWG) and the School of Medicine’s Climate, Health, and Equity Task Force to involve community voices in defining research priorities and accelerate on-the-ground partnerships.

Together with Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment and Doerr School of Sustainability, we support the Stanford Human and Planetary Health initiative to drive solutions-oriented research, train future leaders, accelerate global impact, and build the human and planetary health community at Stanford.