6/23/11

Changing Planet, Changing Health

Dan Ferber

Show Description:
Come host Catherine Bradford as she returns to the airwaves welcoming award winning journalist Dan Ferber. Dan has co-authored "Changing Planet, Changing Health" along with Paul R Epstein, M.D. M.P.H. Together these experts have connected stories of real people with cutting-edge scientific and medical information, and present the first in-depth, on-the-ground investigation of the health risks posed by climate change.

http://danferber.com.

Guest Bio:
Award-winning journalist Dan Ferber specializes in putting a human face on groundbreaking stories on science, technology, health and the environment. As a contributing correspondent for Science and a contributor to national magazines such as Reader’s Digest, Popular Science and Audubon, he’s covered topics from malaria to cancer, from air-pollution to coral reefs, from fire modeling to wetland conservation. His work on Changing Planet, Changing Health helped him tie such threads together and grasp the fundamental interconnections human health, healthy ecosystems, and a livable climate. Ferber holds a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Duke, a Ph.D. in biology from Johns Hopkins University and a masters in journalism from the University of Illinois. For more information, see http://danferber.com.