Barrak Alahmad, MD, MPH, PhD, is the Director of Occupational Health & Climate Change Program at the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He holds a medical degree from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, a master’s in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a doctorate in population health sciences from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr Alahmad extensively studied climate change and health in the Middle East, specifically the adverse impacts of dust storms and extreme temperatures on vulnerable populations like migrant workers. Dr Alahmad is the 2025 Public Engagement with Science Awardee from the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS).
