Pediatrics Research Roundup, Protecting Kids from Climate Change – Episode 196

Dr. Kemper is the Division Chief of Primary Care Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine.  Dr. Kemper serves as the Chair of the Evidence Review Workgroup for the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children and is the Deputy Editor of Pediatrics. 

Samantha Ahdoot, MD, FAAP, is a practicing pediatrician at Pediatric Associates of Alexandria in Virginia and an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at University of Virginia School of Medicine. She was elected to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Environmental Health Executive Committee for two terms and served as lead author on their Global Climate Change and Children’s Health Policy Statements and Technical Reports, published in Pediatrics in November 2015 and revised in March 2024. Dr. Ahdoot wrote the Climate Change chapter of the AAP’s book, Pediatric Environmental Health, 4th Edition, published in 2019, and served for years as Environmental Champion on the Board of the Virginia Chapter of the AAP.