Climate & Health Science Policy Fellowship

In 2017, the University of Colorado launched a graduate medical education (GME) 12-month fellowship in Climate and Health Science Policy, designed to train a new generation of physician leaders equipped with the scientific background, educational know-how, policy expertise, and leadership skills to tackle the far-reaching climate crisis and its myriad health impacts.  We are proud to support five Climate & Health Science Policy Fellows per year-- all early career physicians representing many fields of practice.

By training leaders in the field of climate and health, we intend to refocus the national climate policy debate where it belongs–on the health and wellbeing of people and communities. Graduates of our fellowship are already at the forefront of this movement, leading our response to the greatest public health threat of our time. From influencing government policy, to directing sustainability initiatives at major health systems, to founding centers of climate and health education at renowned universities, our graduates are a powerful demonstration of the vital role for physicians leadership in environmental health.

This is a one-year, virtual, non-ACGME fellowship, in which fellows are paired with national and regional partners to work directly on impactful climate policy initiatives. They will also be enrolled in the Diploma in Climate Medicine, which offers 300 hours of comprehensive didactic education on climate and health topics over the course of the year. 

The fellowship is open to any ABMS certified/eligible physician practicing in the United States. To date we have had pediatric, internal medicine, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurosurgery, neurology and palliative care fellows. We welcome all practicing physicians from any discipline.
Fellows will be credentialed through the University of Colorado School of Medicine as Visiting Scholars. Fellows will have CU emails and access to the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and Strauss Health Science Library.
We are currently unable to support international applicants.
We are currently unable to support non-physician fellows.

Learn more at the Climate and Health Program website.