Health and Climate Change

Dr. Marie Bourne, MSc.

Marie studied medicine in Yorkshire, UK. She then spent two years doing her residency training in northern Scotland, a year studying gerontology and longevity in the Netherlands and 4 years of specialty training in general practice in England. Since September 2020, she has been working as a GP in Prague and is involved in teaching in the division of General Practice at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. She also works in the Salvation Army general practice.

At the Third Faculty of Medicine, she is involved in the preparation and lecturing of the course The Impact of the Ecological Crisis on Human Health, in which she focuses on zoonoses (diseases or infections that are naturally transmissible between animals and humans) and co-lecturers the topic of mental health in relation to the climate crisis.

MUDr. Anna Kšírová

Anna graduated from the Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, during and after her studies she completed several long-term stays abroad (India, Norway, South Africa). She works as an anaesthesiologist in a hospital in Jablonec nad Nisou. In the past she also worked in neurointensive care.

She is a co-founder of the Parents for Climate Liberec and Doctors for Future Czech Republic, with whom she is trying to improve awareness of the health impacts of the climate and environmental crisis.

At the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, she is involved in the preparation and lecturing of the course The Impact of the ecological crisis on human health, in which she specializes in heat waves, fossil fuel consumption, urban planning and the impact of health care on the environment.

MUDr. Klára Matoušková, MPH, Ph.D.

Klára holds a medical degree (MUDr) from the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and earned her PhD at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She also completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in the United Kingdom. Her research has focused on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), and she has led several iterations of the Controversies in Environmental Health course, while she also supervised undergraduate students in laboratory work.

Currently, Klara collaborates on an innovative series of interactive educational lectures designed for medical professionals, highlighting the many intricate interfaces between environmental sciences and human health. Furthermore, she contributed to the development and delivery of a novel course at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, titled The impact of climate and ecological crises on human health. This course features in-depth, discussion-based modules, with the topics reflecting Klara´s expertise including the effects of microplastics and anthropogenic chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system, metabolism and immune functioning in the human body.