We all live in this world, but there is a piece of world within each of us.
Why has Evolution shaped our bodies into what we are today?
How does the Environment define our anatomy and physiology?
What does the Future hold for our species?
In the module World Within Us: Shaped By Environment, we will discuss the ways the environment around us shapes our biology and the impact these interactions have on our health. Let’s enroll on this adventure to the center of the world within us!
Nathan Lents is an American scientist, author and University Professor, known for his work in the fields of cell biology, genetics and forensic science. He also writes blogs, scientific articles, and books on the evolution of human biology and behavior, most notably his acclaimed book “Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes”.
Cara Ocobock is the Director of the Human Energetics Laboratory at Notre Dame University in Washington. Her research program integrates human biology and anthropology, with a focus on the interaction between anatomy, physiology, evolution, and the environment, exploring the physiological and behavioral mechanisms necessary to cope with and adapt to extreme climate and physical activity.
Furthermore, Cara Ocobock is part of the Institute for Global Health at the University of Notre Dame and has published dozens of scientific articles, receiving several awards over the years for the exemplary work she has developed in this area.
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum is the Head of the Climate Change and Health Unit at WHO Headquarters. He has worked on this cause for over 20 years, playing key roles in the first quantitative estimates of the global health impacts of climate change, World Health Assembly resolutions, WHO Global Conferences, and the expansion of WHO’s Climate Change and Health Support to over 30 low and middle income countries.
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum is the author of over 100 scientific articles, reports and book chapters, lead author of three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, and the first health report for the UN Climate Negotiations.
