In this episode, Dr. Joanne McKell, MD sits down with Dr. Mary Rice, MD, MPH Chair of the Environmental, Occupational, and Population Health (EOPH) Assembly of the American Thoracic Society. Dr. Rice shares her journey into environmental health, her goals as Chair, and how her clinical work in pulmonary medicine informs her research on air pollution and climate change.

*Produced by the EOPH Assembly

00:01:20 | Early Influences & Environmental Awareness
00:02:30 | From Consulting to Medicine
00:03:30 | The Path to Pulmonary Medicine
00:04:50 | Joining and Leading Within ATS
00:06:10 | Inside the Role of an Assembly Chair
00:07:50 | Goals for the Year Ahead
00:09:10 | The Power of Framing in Science Communication
00:10:50 | Balancing Clinical Practice and Leadership
00:12:30 | Optimism, Perseverance, and Closing Reflections

Host: Joanne L. McKell, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Guest: Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health