Aparna Bole
Senior Consultant, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Special Expert, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Aparna Bole serves as a senior consultant in the HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity and special expert in the Office of the Director at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. An adjunct associate professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Bole practiced for many years as a primary care pediatrician in Cleveland, Ohio. She is particularly interested in the intersection between environmental stewardship, environmental justice, and pediatric public health. Bole is past chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change and former co-chair of the Healthcare Without Harm board of directors. She has previously served in numerous other environmental health leadership roles, including on the State of Ohio’s Lead Advisory Council and the Trust for Public Land’s Ohio Advisory Council.
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Extreme heat waves, storms, and wildfires; disease outbreaks, water shortages, and crop loss; tick-borne illnesses and asthma—these are just some visible signs of a changing c...