Kristie Ebi
{{Infobox person
| name = Kristie Ebi
| image = Kristie L. Ebi, Professor, Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington 3.jpg
| caption = Ebi at 2024 Nobel Week
| nationality = American
| education = Michigan State University (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.)
University of Michigan (M.S., Ph.D.)
| occupation = Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
| website = https://deohs.washington.edu/faculty/kristie-l-ebi
}}
{{Short description|American epidemiologist}}
Kristie L. Ebi is an American epidemiologist whose primary focus is the impact of global warming on human health.{{Cite web|url=https://globalhealth.washington.edu/faculty/kristie-ebi|title = Kristie Ebi | University of Washington - Department of Global Health}} She is a professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.
Ebi is the founder and former director (2014-2019) of the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) at the University of Washington School of Public Health.{{Cite web|url=http://globalchange.uw.edu/|title=Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE)|website=Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHANGE)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-07}}
Education
Ebi graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry in 1972.{{Cite web|url=http://sph.washington.edu/faculty/fac_bio.asp?url_ID=Ebi_Kristie|title = | UW School of Public Health}} In 1976, she completed a Master of Science in toxicology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She then went to the University of Michigan where she got a Master of Public Health (1983) and PhD (1985) in epidemiology. She then spent two years doing postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.{{Cite web|url=https://crosscutfestival2019.sched.com/speaker/krisebi|title=Kristie Ebi's schedule for Crosscut Festival|website=crosscutfestival2019.sched.com|access-date=2020-03-10}}
Career and research
Ebi's research focuses on the health risks of climate variability and climate change, including extreme events, heat stress, food safety und vector-borne disease, and adaptation strategies to address these risks in environments with multiple stress factors.
Ebi was a lead author of the 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/10/08/655550543/disastrous-effects-of-climate-change-are-happening-now-report-says|title=Disastrous Effects Of Climate Change Are Happening Now, Report Says|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10}}{{Cite web|title=New UN climate report dims hope for averting global warming catastrophe|url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/10/new-un-climate-report-dims-hope-for-averting-global-warming-catastrophe/|last1=Kaufman|first1=Alexander C.|last2=D’Angelo|first2=Chris|date=2018-10-08|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-03}} Ebi's chapter documents the impacts that 1.5°C of global warming would have on natural and human systems. In public debate on the climate crisis, Ebi compared the report to a doctor with a serious diagnosis for their patient: "If you have cancer, you need the doctor to tell you how serious your cancer is and what your options are."{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/its-urgent-emissions-come-down-uw-researcher-is-lead-author-on-stark-climate-report/|title='It's urgent emissions come down': UW researcher is lead author on stark climate report|date=13 October 2018}}
At TED 2019, Ebi spoke about the effects of increased carbon dioxide on the nutritional content of food.{{Citation|last=Ebi|first=Kristie|title=How climate change could make our food less nutritious|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/kristie_ebi_how_climate_change_could_make_our_food_less_nutritious|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}{{Cite web|title=High CO2 levels will wreck plants' nutritional value, so don't plan on surviving on vegetables|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90337161/high-co2-levels-will-wreck-plants-nutritional-value-so-dont-plan-on-surviving-on-vegetables|last=Anzilotti|first=Eillie|date=2019-04-19|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-03}}{{Cite web|title=Rising CO2 on declining nutrition in food is big issue, TED talk hears|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/rising-co2-on-declining-nutrition-in-food-is-big-issue-ted-talk-hears|last=Penner|first=Derrick|date=2019-04-19|website=Vancouver Sun|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-05-03}}
Ebi was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Kristie L. Ebi |url=https://www.agu.org/Search/PublicProfile?userId=9ABC1836-378F-45B2-A70D-78F53B3786BE |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=American Geophysical Union}}
Selected works
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- {{cite journal|last1=Ebi|first1=Kristie L.|last2=Semenza|first2=Jan C.|year=2008|title=Community-Based Adaptation to the Health Impacts of Climate Change|journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine|volume=35|issue=5|pages=501–507|doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2008.08.018|pmid=18929976}}
- {{cite journal|last1=O'Neill|first1=Brian C.|author-link=Brian C. O'Neill|last2=Kriegler|first2=Elmar|last3=Ebi|first3=Kristie L.|last4=Kemp-Benedict|first4=Eric|last5=Riahi|first5=Keywan|last6=Rothman|first6=Dale S.|last7=Van Ruijven|first7=Bas J.|last8=Van Vuuren|first8=Detlef P.|last9=Birkmann|first9=Joern|last10=Kok|first10=Kasper|last11=Levy|first11=Marc|year=2017|title=The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century|journal=Global Environmental Change|volume=42|pages=169–180|doi=10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.01.004|first12=William|last12=Solecki|hdl=1874/347567|hdl-access=free}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Zhu|first1=Chunwu|last2=Kobayashi|first2=Kazuhiko|last3=Loladze|first3=Irakli|last4=Zhu|first4=Jianguo|last5=Jiang|first5=Qian|last6=Xu|first6=Xi|last7=Liu|first7=Gang|last8=Seneweera|first8=Saman|last9=Ebi|first9=Kristie L.|last10=Drewnowski|first10=Adam|last11=Fukagawa|first11=Naomi K.|year=2018|title=Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels this century will alter the protein, micronutrients, and vitamin content of rice grains with potential health consequences for the poorest rice-dependent countries|journal=Science Advances|volume=4|issue=5|pages=eaaq1012|bibcode=2018SciA....4.1012Z|doi=10.1126/sciadv.aaq1012|pmc=5966189|pmid=29806023|first12=Lewis H.|last12=Ziska}}
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