Nurses for Healthy Environments Podcast

Mitzie Meyers, PhD, RN, CNE, AHN-BC Dr. Mitzie Rains Meyers has been dedicated to the health of people and the environment throughout her nursing career in neonatal/pediatric practice and as […]

On March 2 and 3, 2025 in Washington DC, hundreds of health professionals and other interested in health gathered at Our Planet, Our Health 2025 Climate Action Convention. It was […]

Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN Dr. Castner is the President of Castner Incorporated, a woman-owned small business enterprise. Dr. Castner is also with the University at Albany. Dr. Castner […]

Melessa Kelley, PhD RN Dr. Melessa Kelley is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the School of Nursing. Dr. Kelley is Native American (Keetoowah-Cherokee) […]

Jacqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD; ScD (hon); FAAN; ANEF Dr. Fawcett received her Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University in 1964, her Master of Arts degree in Parent Child Nursing […]

Cristina Watkins, FNP-BC, has been practicing as an NP for almost 15 years. She has worked in a variety of areas, including pediatrics, vascular neurology, and, most recently, telemedicine. She […]

Cristina Watkins, FNP-BC, has been practicing as an NP for almost 15 years. She has worked in a variety of areas, including pediatrics, vascular neurology, and, most recently, telemedicine. She […]

Shawna Beese, PhD RN After a fulfilling 12-year career in hospital management and 20 years as a nurse leader, I returned to graduate school in 2019 to work towards a […]

Anto Paul, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, CDCES Anto Paul is a Population Health Nurse at Catholic Health Services of Long Island. He earned his Master’s in Public Health and Community Health […]

Kathleen M Vandiver, PhD Dr. Vandiver earned her Ph. D. in 1982 from the Tufts University School of Medicine from the Anatomy & Cellular Biology Department and joined the research team […]

Jean M. Bernhardt PhD MSN CNP Dr. Bernhardt is a family nurse practitioner and nurse executive who practices leadership in occupational health and community health settings.  She has responded to […]

Dr. AnnMarie Walton Dr. Walton is a tenure-track Associate Professor at the Duke University School of Nursing where she teaches and facilitates two core courses, Population Health in a Global […]

Dr. Nancy Rudner Nancy Rudner, DrPH, APRN, has focused her career on improving health through the lifespan through patient care, population health, and policy.   An Associate Professor in the […]

Dr. Heide Cygan Dr. Heide Cygan, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC is an Associate Professor at the Rush University College of Nursing, in the Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health where […]

Dr. Daniel Smith is the Weingarten Endowed Assistant Professor at Villanova University’s M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing. He teaches across the curriculum in courses such as Imperatives for Global […]

Suellen Breakey, PhD, RN Associate Director of the Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health and a Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of […]

Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP In 2019, Dr. Potter was appointed the first Director of Planetary Health for the School of Nursing at the University of MN. She is […]

Lisa M. Thompson, PhD, MS, RN, FNP, FAAN  is an environmental health scientist and an Associate Professor at Emory University, with appointments in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing […]

Mark Siemon, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, CPH, CNE Dr. Mark Siemon is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Southern Utah University. He began his career as a Public Health Nurse/Epidemiologist at […]

From on the ground at COP27, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Listen to the voices of many nurses from around the world as they share their experiences of attending COP27 […]

Carol Ziegler, APRN, APHN-BC, NP-C, DNP is a Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University and a dually certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse. She is co-founder of […]

Raney Linck DNP, RN, is Inaugural Nursing Faculty and Assistant Professor at the Susan S. Morrison School of Nursing at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. […]

Cecilia Tomori, PhD,  Associate Professor, Director of Global Public Health and Community Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Cecília Tomori is an anthropologist and public health scholar whose work investigates the […]

Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN Jessica Castner served as the 2021-2022 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the National Academy of Medicine and is the President of Castner Incorporated, a woman-owned small […]

The prestigious Charlotte Brody Award recognizes a nurse whose story of environmental activism and accomplishment reflects a significant contribution to environmental health. This award honors Charlotte Brody, a registered nurse […]