Kim Knowlton

Biography

Dr. Knowlton teaches at the Mailman School of Public Health, and is senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)'s health and environment program in New York City. Her work focuses on issues related to the health impacts of climate change, including advocating for public health strategies to prepare for and prevent these impacts, and partnering with city and state governments to make health preparedness a more central feature of climate adaptation plans. She has researched heat- and ozone-related mortality and illnesses, possible connections between climate, pollen, allergies and asthma, and links between climate change and infectious diseases such as dengue fever

Research Interest

Climate and Health