Welcome to the resource hub for Tyler Prize Laureates improving health for people and planet
Welcome to the resource hub for Tyler Prize Laureates improving health for people and planet
Traditionally, medical science is based on systems within the human body.
'Planetary Health' broadens health research to include the external systems that sustain or threaten human life.
Discovered the hole in the Ozone Layer and pushed for a ban on CFCs
Pioneer of the 'Ames Test' to detect cancer-causing mutagens
Planetary health has gathered significant momentum since Sir Andy first published on the link between human health and environmental change in 1991, and particularly since it first appeared in a 2014 commentary in The Lancet.
But what's the difference between Planetary Health, Global Health, and Public Health?
The Lancet Planetary Health’s editor-in-chief Raffaella Bosurgi explains:
“While public health is about health protection and health promotion within the health systems and global health looks at how to improve the health of populations worldwide,
planetary health broadens this discussion by looking at the societies, civilizations
and the ecosystems on which they depend.
“Climate change isn’t just an environmental emergency... it’s also a health emergency.”
- 2022 Tyler Prize Laureate, Sir Andy Haines
Watch Sir Andy deliver his Lecture ‘The Climate Crisis - from Impacts to Action for Health’, followed by a discussion with Tyler Prize Executive Committee Members.
A resource for educators
Looking to discuss Planetary Health in the classroom?
Intended for high school and college students, this discussion guide introduces important concepts around Planetary Health and the work of Sir Andy Haines, and invites students to be change-makers in their own community.
From family physician to climate leader
How Climate Affects Health. Source: CDC
Whilst Planetary Health is a new field, it is the result of decades of research on the link between our external environment and human health.
Read the landmark research that led to this new field,
including kid-friendly resources from 'The Lancet'.
Founded in 1973 by John and Alice Tyler, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is awarded for environmental science, health and energy conferring great benefit upon humanity.
Recipients of the Tyler Prize are honored in an illustrious ceremony, presented with the Tyler Prize medallion and awarded US$200,000.
Administered by the University of Southern California.
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