Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD
Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy is a multidisciplinary epidemiologist and professor of public health and family medicine at the University of California San Diego and a leader on global climate change and health.
Dr. Al-Delaimy leads two large centers focused in global climate change funded by the US National Institutes of Health, which involves 10 different universities. His work on climate change is focused on solutions for disadvantaged communities through policies and interventions and capacity building. His work involves refugees, rural farming communities, indigenous populations, and minorities. Most of his climate work is in the Middle East. He led the editing and authorship of the Springer Nature Book titled Health of People Health of Planet and Our Responsibility which has reached a milestone of over half a million online downloads. He is a consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme, and the United Nations Development Programme on climate-related work. He is a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group for Climate Change and Health Data Ethics and is also advisor to the American Psychological Association Task Force on Climate Change. He established and led the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Eastern Mediterranean Chapter.