Global Health & Climate Strategist
Hampton, VA
TOPICS
Health
Youth
Sustainability
Global Health
Emmie Mediate is the U.S. Chief Program Officer at Health Care Without Harm, a nonprofit organization leading the global movement for sustainable health care. Previously, Emmie supported COVID-19 response in the mid-Atlantic with the CDC Foundation. She has served as the Chief of Staff at the American Flood Coalition and as a research fellow on a USAID-funded project in Uganda. Emmie graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Health Studies and Africana Studies. She holds two master’s degrees from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. As a Bloomberg American Health Fellow, Emmie is pursuing her Doctor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Hampton, Virginia with her wife.
SPEAKING TOPICS INCLUDE:
How reframing the climate crisis around health will bridge divides
Creating a healthier, more resilient future for all
Implementing sustainable health care practices in the U.S.
Public health: saving our planet and ourselves