Jonathan Patz, Inaugural Director, Global Health Institute

Jonathan is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and the John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment with appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He recently retired as the Director for UW-Madison’s Global Health Institute. For 15 years, Patz served as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or IPCC)—the organization that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. He also co-­chaired the health expert panel of the U.S. National Assessment on Climate Change, a report mandated by the U.S. Congress. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Jonathan is committed to connecting scientists and communities—and engaging with policymakers—to improve health for all. He has written more than 200 scientific papers with more than 100 peer-reviewed, a textbook addressing the health effects of global environmental change and co‐edited the five­‐volume Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (2011). He co-edited “Climate Change and Public Health” (2015, Oxford University Press).