Prof. Raanan Raz
Environmental Health
Associate Professor Raanan Raz, Ph.D.
Dr. Raz is a faculty member at the School of Public Health, Gray Faculty for Medicine and Health Sciences. His research concentrates on two primary areas: environmental epidemiology and sustainable healthcare.
In environmental epidemiology, he studies how environmental factors affect public health. Specifically, he investigates the impact of climate change on women's health and child development outcomes. He also examines the short-term effects of ambient temperatures on primary care outcomes.
Additionally, he explores issues related to causal inference in environmental epidemiology and methods for detecting and minimizing bias in this field. In sustainable healthcare, he analyzes the environmental impact of healthcare practices and strategies to reduce them. For example, he assesses the climate footprint of various healthcare activities, the circular economy in healthcare, sustainable anesthesia, and sustainable surgery.
Areas of interest:
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Causal Inference
- Sustainable Healthcare
Health and Biomedicine
- Medicine
