Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability

the yale program for healthcare environmental sustainability (y-phes) within the climate change and health initiative at the yale school of public health is dedicated to improving the environmental performance of healthcare itself through research, public policy, advocacy, and education. we are a transdisciplinary body of the health professional yale schools of public health, medicine and nursing in partnership with the yale schools of forestry & environmental studies, business management, and law, and with the yale-new haven health system. our mission is to develop and support efforts that measure and mitigate pollution, uniquely focusing on healthcare delivery. this requires interdisciplinary collaboration between health professionals, bioinformatic scientists, sustainability scientists and engineers, health economists, public policy and legal experts, business management and healthcare administrators, entrepreneurs, and innovators. aligning with the united nations sustainable deve