Meet the Climate Change Collaboratory Researchers
Peter Thorne, collaboratory director
Dr. Peter Thorne is professor in the UI College of Public Health’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and co-director of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center. He has held a number of prominent national leadership positions, including serving as chairman of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board. Thorne encourages and values the collaborative efforts among faculty members within and outside of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. “The faculty we have are at the forefront of their fields. They are equally passionate about mentoring students and doing cutting-edge research,” Thorne says. “Having that combination is what’s really important.”
Team members
Xuefang Jing
Occupational and Environmental Health
Michael Jones
Biostatistics
Caryn Yip
Occupational and Environmental Health
Robert Blount
Internal Medicine – Pulmonary
Alejandro Comellas
Internal Medicine – Pulmonary
Peter Kaboli
Internal Medicine
Phillip Polgreen
Internal Medicine – Infectious Diseases
Jacob Simmering
Internal Medicine
David Stoltz
Internal Medicine – Pulmonary
Michael Welsh
Internal Medicine – Pulmonary
Jerald Schnoor
Occupational and Environmental Health
Charles Stanier
Occupational and Environmental Health
Margaret Carrel
Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
Eric Tate
Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
Stratis Giannakouros
Office of Sustainability and the Environment
Bjarni Haraldsson
Veterans Affairs Health Care System