Overview
Managing the far-reaching consequences of climate change requires professionals who are familiar with the best available science and trained to work with the community and a broad range of stakeholders. Through a partnership between faculty in the UMB Schools of Medicine, Law, Nursing, and Social Work and the Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Sciences (MEES) graduate program, UMB has formed an interprofessional consortium on Climate Change, Health, and Society.
The Climate Change, Health, and Society consortium combines relevant expertise around the University System of Maryland (USM) to provide graduate and professional students with the necessary tools to work effectively in teams across disciplines. This health-legal-scientific partnership represents an innovative strategy for addressing the impacts of the climate crisis in order to promote future sustainable development in the city, state, and region.
In the Spring semester, UMB's interprofessional course, CIPP650, Climate Change, Health, and Society, is offered to medical, science, law, and other professional students with the goal of foundational education in the science of climate change, health and societal impacts, and current and future solutions. CIPP650 is open to professional and graduate students across UMB as well as the MEES Graduate Program.
During the summer, the UMB Provost's Climate Health & Resiliency Summer Internships support selected student leaders to implement innovative solutions to climate change. Students work together in interprofessional teams toward real-world solutions to climate and environmental challenges while partnering with faculty, stakeholders, and the surrounding Baltimore community and State of Maryland.
During the Fall semester, the Climate Change, Health, & Society consortium organizes a monthly Speaker Series, at noon on the third Wednesday of the month, and a daylong Symposium in October. These events are supported through a generous grant from UMB's Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) institute.
