Dr. English is currently State Environmental Epidemiologist and Branch Science Advisor for the California Department of Public Health, where he serves as a content expert in climate change and health. Dr. English has focused on conducting populatio
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Dr. English is currently State Environmental Epidemiologist and Branch Science Advisor for the California Department of Public Health, where he serves as a content expert in climate change and health. Dr. English has focused on conducting population vulnerability assessments for climate change, in particular the effects of heat waves. He also served as principal investigator of a Health Impact Assessment of California’s cap and trade regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization in developing climate-sensitive health indicators and was an invited expert for the Indian Institute of Public Health on addressing heat-health vulnerability. Dr. English received his Master’s in Public Health and Doctorate in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has over 16 years of experience working in environmental public health for the State of California and has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature.
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