
OpinionNovember 22, 2020
We Need a National Institute of Climate Change and Health
The NIH has a budget of more than $40 billion—but spends a measly $9 million on this looming public health emergency
Howard Frumkin is a physician, an emeritus professor of public health at the University of Washington and former dean of the university's School of Public Health. He is also former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health.

We Need a National Institute of Climate Change and Health
The NIH has a budget of more than $40 billion—but spends a measly $9 million on this looming public health emergency