She is extremely passionate about the planning and implementation of strategies that facilitate improved health, especially for vulnerable groups such as women and children, leading to improved global health. It is this passion which drives her PhD research on the impact of climate stressors on mental health at the Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Department of the School of Public Health, University of Ghana.

Research Keywords

Household air pollution; climate change; mental health

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Her professional background includes work as a Registered Nurse, public health supervisor, and, since 2023, she has served as the Program Manager of the Planetary Child Health working group at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (Germany), a role she continues to hold remotely. In this capacity, she investigates the intersections of perinatal, child, and adolescent health with climate impacts. She is passionate about participatory approaches in research and strives to ensure children鈥檚 voices and perspectives are central in climate and health policy. Her research also includes studying community health workers in Kenya and their experiences with heat stress, as well as contributing to health policy analysis of National Adaptation Plans. These projects reflect her broader interest in how health systems can respond to the complex challenges of climate change and how health policy can be leveraged to reduce inequities and protect vulnerable populations.

Research Keywords

Child health; advocacy; climate change; climate adaptation; child inclusion; policy

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Dr. Camponeschi is also the founder of Enabling City, an international organization devoted to stimulating new imaginaries for transformative social change. She is the author of two popular publications, Enabling City Volumes 1 and 2, that are available in 5 languages, and has spoken at events such as the White House GreenGov Symposium in Washington, D.C., the ICLEI Resilience Cities conference in Germany, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Sustainable Communities conference, as well as the inaugural South by Southwest Eco conference in Austin, Texas.

Previously, Chiara was a Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Health with the Dahdaleh Institute.

Research Keywords

climate change, resilience, healing justice, polycrisis, community engagement, environmental justice

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Annette is passionate about embodied wisdom and emergence, and uses intuitive knowing to support her facilitation and teaching work, which includes teaching Focusing (including a two-year training program for Focusing Teachers), and facilitating using Open Space Technology (Forums, unconferences), Theory U/Social Presencing Theatre and other tools that support self-organizing and creativity.

Annette loves helping people who want to transform themselves to change the world鈥攖o make it more sustainable and equitable. She has a special interest in climate change, and hosts Climate Circles for holding climate emotions to enable authentic climate action.

She has an undergraduate degree in environmental science from the University of Waterloo and a MBA in sustainability from the Schulich School of Business.

Research Keywords

climate change; biodiversity; sustainability; climate crisis; planetary crisis

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Research Keywords

Climate change; Health; Guatemala; Community-based emergency responses

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Research Keywords

neuroscience; global health; Sleep Disorders; Food Insecurity; HIV; AIDs; Psychosocial Health Outcomes; Resource Insecurity; Mental Health

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Research Keywords

Health, Global Health, Climate change, Health literacy

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His previous work has focused on the impact of economic policy on the disability sector in Ontario, Canada; specifically, how neoliberal policies have affected workers in sheltered employment. His work positions sheltered employment as 鈥渧alue-producing鈥� spaces involved in the (re)production of social capital.

Research Keywords

workers; political economy; climate change; state theory

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She serves as both Lab Coordinator and Research Assistant at the Wellness Impact Lab, under the mentorship of Dr. Harvey Skinner and Susan Harris. Her work includes facilitating Climate Caf茅s, assisting with program evaluations and manuscript preparation, and supporting knowledge synthesis. She also develops outreach materials and manages digital communications through content creation and social media. Currently, she is contributing to a scoping review on arts-based interventions for climate emotions.

Sarah is also a Research Assistant at the Global & Environmental Health Lab, mentored by Dr. Godfred Boateng. Her current research explores the health impacts of rising temperatures on older adults in Canada, with a focus on climate change, aging, and health equity.

With a long-term goal of supporting vulnerable populations through medicine and public health, Sarah is passionate about translating research into practical action and is deeply committed to advancing health equity, humanitarianism, and community-based approaches in global health.

Research Keywords

climate change; health equity; global health; public health research; aging populations; climate emotions; displacement; community-based research; youth engagement; arts-based interventions; digital health communication; planetary health; humanitarianism; mental health; knowledge translation

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In a previous opportunity with the Dahdaleh Institute, Amy was a Wellness Impact Lab, Global Health Intern [S24] under Harvey Skinner.

Research Keywords

Mindfulness; Acupuncture; Acupressure; Generative AI; Digital Mindfulness-Based Interventions; Climate Anxiety; Eco Anxiety; Climate Change; Learning; Cognition; Neurodivergence; Prompt Engineering

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