In a large proportion of the metropolitan areas along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, at least half of the hospitals are at risk of flooding even from relatively weak hurricanes, a new study found.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S. Over the last 10 years, it’s killed an average of 135 people per year. That’s more than floods, hurricanes or tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is interviewed on NPR’s 1A podcast.

Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says. 

Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW, is quoted.

The Office of Global Affairs is excited to announce that three faculty members have been awarded Global Engagement Fellows grants for the 2022-2023 academic year. Each fellow will receive $3000 from the Global Innovation Fund to build an inclusive UW global faculty community.

Dr. Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, has been named a Global Engagement Fellow.