Wael
Al-Delaimy

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 being funded two large centers on this topic by the US National Institute of Health. 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 ½ million online downloads. He is a consultant for the WHO, UNEP, and UNDP on Climate related work. He is a member of the Technical Advisory group for Climate Change and Health Data Ethics and also advisor to the American Psychological Association Task Force on Climate Change. He co-founded and Chair of the Board of the Society for Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World that is focused on Arab Diaspora Scientists