Connecting the Issues: Air Pollution, Climate Change and Our Health

Linda Rudolph MD, MPH is a public health physician who currently advises the Public Health Institute and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health on climate, health and equity. She has a long career in local and state government, focused on health inequities, chronic disease prevention, worker health and safety, health in all policies, and climate change.

Molly Rauch is public health policy director for Moms Clean Air Force. She leads clean air campaigns, cultivates partnerships and collaborations, and writes about public health, science, and policy. Molly lives with her family in Washington, DC, where she serves on the District of Columbia’s Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency. She holds a master’s degree in public health.

Bob Yuhnke an environmental attorney, active member of the ECA policy committee, and co-chair of the Transportation subcommittee at USCAN, He created the Air Program at Environmental Defense Fund and played a major role in enacting parts of the Clean Air Act.

Dr. El-Hasan, is a pediatrician with a focus on pediatric asthma and lung health and has a special interest in childhood asthma, and his areas of additional expertise include the health effects of air pollution, health impacts of smoking, tobacco cessation, children’s lung health, lung health legislation and advocacy, youth smoking rates, vaccination and the health impacts of climate change. He is an active member of the American Lung Associations’ Asthma Care Management Team.

Kimberly Mitchell is a research and systems analyst with Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, a rural California air district that experiences significant dust and smoke air pollution impacts. She focuses on data analysis and interpretation and a significant portion of her time is spent communicating the health impacts from particulate pollution to the residents and visitors of Eastern California through graphics, reports, and conversations.