Can’t wait to discuss Extreme Weather and mental health with Bob Friedlander, Carl Cooley, and the rest of the New Hampshire Healthcare Workers for Climate Action on Thursday, January 13th @7pm. ***Presented in collaboration with the NH Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New Hampshire Psychiatric Society, New Hampshire Psychological Association, New Hampshire Chapter…

Does exposure to extreme weather events have the potential to impact perinatal mental health?  Short answer is … yes. Read more here.          

Thank you to the Georgia Rural Health Innovations Center.  Can’t wait to further develop the Maternal Child Health Observership program with you. #InnovationsInMedEd

In recent work, we examined the relationship between Racial Identity and Maternal Functioning. “It was determined through Kruskal Wallis test, χ2(5) = 20.108, p < 0.05, that the women belonging to the Assimilated and Miseducated cluster had higher levels of maternal functioning when compared to the women in the Self-Hating and Anti-white clusters.” Read more here.    

Thank you to @ProfBernardDan and Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology at Mac Keith Press  (best ever) for featuring our work via Editorial Highlights and Podcast. The highlights, written by Editor in Chief Bernard Dan, are free to read online now: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.15062 “State-of-the-art reviews clarified the impact of extreme weather events and air pollution on neurological development.” #DMCN2021highlights

During #COP26, our #CommMed Department launched its first “Climate Change and the Practice of Medicine” course. Thanks to Emory Department of Pediatrics fabulous Dr Rebecca Philipsborn for sharing her vast knowledge on medical education and climate! #InnovationsInMedEd #CommMed #MUSM  

Talked mental health and climate with Albany, California Mayor Ge’Nell Gary and Winona La Duke, Dr. Alan Barreca, Dr. Amanda Millstein, and Dr. Kathryn Conlon. Thank you Mayor Gary!  

A big THANKS to Mad in America for covering our research on family mental health and climate.  Read more here.

Thank you to Agnes Scott Sustainability Team for giving me the chance to discuss the impacts of climate change on maternal mental health. It was a great day in Decatur (the “Berkeley of the south”)!

Thank you to the Medical Society Consortium for Climate and Health for recognizing our work in the area of climate distress. Read more here: https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/champions-of-the-month/september-2021-champion/