Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Environmental Health
Consultant, Climate Change Program, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC

Department of:
Environmental Health 

MD, 2003, Emory University
MPH, 2003, Emory University
Residency, Emergency Medicine, 2006, Emory University
 
  
Additional Appointment(s): 
Department of Emergency Medicine 
  
Courses Taught: 
GH 582: Env, Climate & Infect Disease
 
  
Career Overview: 
I am a practicing emergency medicine physician and medical epidemiologist trained in global environmental health.  My clinical research interests include the effects of heat, disaster preparedness, health system preparedness and energy use, and extreme events.  My public health research interests include the health effects of climate change, particularly adaptation activities for disasters, global health impacts, and other aspects of the public health response; and energy scarcity and the health system impacts of fossil fuel dependence.  I serve as the medical officer of the Global Climate Change Program at CDC's National Center for Environmental Health and as a consultant in the NCEH Global Climate Change Program.
 
  
Areas of Interest/Research: 
Global Health
Health Policy
Public Health Preparedness
 
  
Selected Research Projects: 
My current research is focused on evaluating acute morbidity and mortality associated with weather and climate; global health adaptation to climate change, particularly in relation to disasters; and fossil fuel dependence in health systems and the health impacts of transitioning to novel energy sources.  I also work on sustainability in Emergency Medical Services and other health care systems. 
  
Selected Publications: 
Stone B, Hess, J., Frumkin H
Urban Form and Extreme Heat Events: Are Sprawling Cities more Vulnerable to Climate Change than Compact Cities?
Environmental Health Perspectives, doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901879: 2010.
http://ehponline.org/article/info:doi/10.1289/ehp.0901879 
  
Portier CJ, Thigpen Tart K, Carter SR, Dilworth CH, Grambsch AE, Gohlke J, Hess, J., Howard SN, Luber G, Lutz JT, Maslak T, Prudent N, Radtke M, Rosenthal JP, Rowles T, Sandifer PA, Scheraga J, Schramm PJ, Strickman D, Trtanj JM, Whung P-Y.
A Human Health Perspective On Climate Change: A Report Outlining the Research Needs on the Human Health Effects of Climate Change.
Environmental Health Perspectives, doi:10.1289/ehp.1002272 : 2010.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/climatereport 
  
Hess, J., Heilpern KL, Davis TE, Frumkin H
Climate Change and Emergency Medicine: Impacts and Opportunities
Academic Emergency Medicine, 16: 782-94, 2009.
 
  
St Louis M, Hess, J
Climate Change and Global Health
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35: 527-538, 2008.
 
  
Frumkin H, Hess, J., Luber G, Malilay J, McGeehin M
The public health response to climate change
American Journal of Public Health, 98: 435-445, 2008.
 
  
Frumkin H, Hess, J., Vindigni S
Peak Petroleum and Public Health
JAMA, 298: 1688-1690, 2007.
 
  
Other affiliations and Activities: 
Guest Editor, American Journal of Public Health, forthcoming special issue on petroleum scarcity and public health.

Lead Author, upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation.