Dr. Kari Nadeau

Dr. Kari Nadeau is a world-renowned physician-scientist and a premier global voice on the intersection of environmental health, and immunology. Recently appointed as the Dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, she previously served as the Chair of the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. With an MD and PhD from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Nadeau has dedicated more than three decades to understanding how environmental exposures—from air quality to soil vitality—profoundly shape human health, immune function, and planetary resilience. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and a trusted advisor to the WHO and U.S. EPA, she bridges the gap between hard science and human impact, proving why regenerating our earth is essential to saving ourselves.