Caleb Jackson Dresser
Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Departments
Department of Environmental Health
Other Positions
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine-Beth Israel Deaconess, Harvard Medical School
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Biography
Caleb Dresser is Assistant Director of the Fellowship in Climate and Human Health, Climate MD Program Lead at Harvard C-CHANGE, an Emergency Medicine Attending at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School.
He is affiliated with the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and CrisisReady. His research focuses on understanding the public health and healthcare implications of climate-related extreme weather events, and he is actively involved in efforts to educate healthcare workers, policymakers, and the general public about the value of action to protect human health in the context of the ongoing climate crisis.
Caleb was the inaugural Fellow in Climate and Human Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2019 to 2021) and is a graduate of the Master of Public Health program at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed his medical education at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and his residency in Emergency Medicine through the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Education and Training
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MPH, Public Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health -
BS, Biology & Society
Cornell University -
MD, Medicine
Univ. Massachusetts Medical Sch. -
, Emergency Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr. / HAEMR
Awards and Honors
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Jane Matlaw Environmental Champion, 2022
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -
Teaching Attending Award, 2022
Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
