Review of the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States (2015)
Chapter: Front Matter
Review of the Draft Interagency Report
on the Impacts of Climate Change
on Human Health in the United States
Committee to Review the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate
Change on Human Health in the United States
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Institute of Medicine
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Washington, DC
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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE DRAFT INTERAGENCY REPORT ON THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES
DANIEL S. GREENBAUM (Chair), Health Effects Institute
HEIDI E. BROWN, University of Arizona
PETER DASZAK, EcoHealth Alliance
LINDA A. MCCAULEY, Emory University
SABRINA MCCORMICK, George Washington University
CHRISTOPHER J. PORTIER, Environmental Defense Fund
ARTHUR L. REINGOLD, University of California, Berkeley
ARMISTEAD G. RUSSELL, Georgia Institute of Technology
M. CRISTINA TIRADO, University of California, Los Angeles
BENJAMIN ZAITCHIK, Johns Hopkins University
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff:
LAUREN EVERETT, Associate Program Officer
SHELLY FREELAND, Administrative and Financial Assistant
MICHAEL HUDSON, Program Assistant
ROB GREENWAY, Program Associate
BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE
A.R. RAVISHANKARA (Chair), Colorado State University, Fort Collins
GERALD A. MEEHL (Vice Chair), National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
LANCE F. BOSART, State University of New York, Albany
MARK A. CANE, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
SHUYI S. CHEN, University of Miami, Florida
HEIDI CULLEN, Climate Central, Princeton, New Jersey
PAMELA EMCH, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, California
ARLENE FIORE, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
WILLIAM B. GAIL, Global Weather Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
LISA GODDARD, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
MAURA HAGAN, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
TERRI S. HOGUE, Colorado School of Mines, Golden
ANTHONY JANETOS, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, Maryland
EVERETTE JOSEPH, SUNY University at Albany, New York
RONALD “NICK” KEENER, JR., Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina
JOHN R. NORDGREN, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, Michigan
JONATHAN OVERPECK, University of Arizona, Tucson
STEPHEN W. PACALA, Princeton University, New Jersey
ARISTIDES A.N. PATRINOS, New York University, Brooklyn
S.T. RAO, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
DAVID A. ROBINSON, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway
CLAUDIA TEBALDI, Climate Central, Princeton, New Jersey
Ocean Studies Board Liaison
DAVID HALPERN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Polar Research Board Liaison
JENNIFER FRANCIS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Marion, Massachusetts
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
AMANDA STAUDT, Director
EDWARD DUNLEA, Senior Program Officer
LAURIE GELLER, Senior Program Officer
KATHERINE THOMAS, Program Officer
LAUREN EVERETT, Associate Program Officer
ALISON MACALADY, Postdoctoral Fellow
KRISTINA PISTONE, Postdoctoral Fellow
AMANDA PURCELL, Research and Financial Associate
RITA GASKINS, Administrative Coordinator
ROB GREENWAY, Program Associate
SHELLY FREELAND, Administrative and Financial Assistant
MICHAEL HUDSON, Program Assistant
BOARD ON POPULATION HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
ELLEN W. CLAYTON (Chair), Vanderbilt University
HORTENSIA D. AMARO, University of Southern California
JULIA A. BALDWIN, University of South Florida
SHEILA P. BURKE, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
BRUCE N. CALONGE, The Colorado Trust
SUSAN J. CURRY, The University of Iowa
CARLOS DEL RIO, Emory University
SUSAN DENTZER, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
GARTH N. GRAHAM, Aetna Foundation
KENNETH W. KIZER, University of California, Davis
GRACE M. LEE, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
HOWARD MARKEL, University of Michigan Medical School
RICARDO MARTINEZ, North Highland Worldwide
LINDA A. MCCAULEY, Emory University
DANIEL POLSKY, University of Pennsylvania
JOHN A. RICH, Drexel University School of Public Health
JOSHUA M. SHARFSTEIN, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
STEVEN M. TEUTSCH, Independent Consultant
JAMES N. WEINSTEIN, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
WINSTON F. WONG, Kaiser Permanente
WILLIAM A. YASNOFF, National Health Information Infrastructure Advisor
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Director
KATHLEEN STRATTON, Scholar
KAREN ANDERSON, Senior Program Officer
ALINA BACIU, Senior Program Officer
KAREN HELSING, Senior Program Officer
LYLA HERNANDEZ, Senior Program Officer
AMY GELLER, Program Officer
GURU MADHAVAN, Program Officer
MELISSA FRENCH, Associate Program Officer
LESLIE KWAN, Research Associate
ANDREW LEMERISE, Research Associate
ALEJANDRA MARTIN, Research Associate
ERIN RUSCH, Research Associate
KINPRITMA SANGHA, Research Associate
TINA RITTER, Research Assistant
HOPE HARE, Administrative Assistant
COLIN F. FINK, Senior Program Assistant
ANGELA MARTIN, Senior Program Assistant
ANNA MARTIN, Senior Program Assistant
EMILY VOLLBRECHT, Senior Program Assistant
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Acknowledgments
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in their review of this report:
Nils Daulaire, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo
Dennis Devlin, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Irving, TX
Maria Duik-Wasser, Columbia University, New York, NY
Inez Y. Fung, University of California, Berkeley
Richard C. Flagan, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Elizabeth Martin Perera, Sierra Club, Washington, DC
S.T. Rao, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Connie Roser-Renouf, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Lynn R. Goldman, George Washington University, Washington, DC, appointed by the Report Review Committee, and Robert F. Sawyer, University of California, Berkeley, appointed by the Division on Earth and Life Studies, who were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
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