Cindy Parker

Fellow, Health & Climate

Health

Cindy Parker is on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she co-directs the Program on Global Sustainability and Health. She is also an Instructor in the Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences where she directs the new undergraduate major in Global Environmental Change and Sustainability. Her professional interests include education, policy work, practice, and research on the global environmental topics of climate change, peak petroleum, and global sustainability. As part of her desire to educate the public and policy makers about the health effects of global climate change, she is a frequent speaker on the topic and recently co-authored Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk (2008).

Dr. Parker received her MD from the University of Arizona and her Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is board certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine where she is Co-Chair of the Environmental Health Committee. She also serves on the National Board of Directors for Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Latest Publications

Tire incineration is not “renewable energy”

Cindy Parker    Apr 07, 2010   

[Excerpt] How do you solve a problem like David Miller? According to the Chicago Tribune, he is the Illinois representative who last month, with little fanfare and notice at the time, attempted to modify legislation to … >>

Climate Chaos

Cindy Parker

Why should we care about climate chaos and global warming? Because, among other risky outcomes, they may seriously harm our health. Scientists around the world are in agreement that global warming, more aptly named climate … >>

press coverage

Schwartz and Parker interviewed on "Environment in Focus", WYPR (Maryland)

Cindy Parker  

Fellows Brian Schwartz and Cindy Parker were interviewed by Tom Pelton of the radio program "Environment in Focus." They spoke about the reliance of modern food systems on fossil fuels, and the threat of peak oil … >>