Mary Berlik Rice

Mary Berlik Rice is the Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Respiratory Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She serves as Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Institute for Lung Health, where she leads research in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

• MD, MPH in Medicine

Her research focuses on the intersection of air pollution, respiratory health, and climate change, addressing global environmental health challenges through interdisciplinary approaches. She collaborates with institutions like BIDMC to advance understanding of lung health and critical care, while integrating climate science into public health frameworks.

As a pulmonary critical care physician, she bridges clinical practice with environmental health research, emphasizing the health impacts of climate change and air quality. Her work spans epidemiology, environmental health, and translational medicine.

Current roles and affiliations:

• Director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE)
• Director, BIDMC Institute for Lung Health
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Harvard Medical School