Director,

George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication

Edward Maibach—a distinguished University Professor and Director of George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication—is a public health communication scientist who focuses on climate change and related public health challenges. In 2020, Ed was awarded the Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication, and Mason’s top research honor—the Beck Family Presidential Medal of Excellence in Research and Scholarship, and in 2021 he was identified by Thompson Reuters as one of the world’s 10 most influential scientists working on climate change. Ed previously served as Associate Director of the National Cancer Institute and Worldwide Director of Social Marketing at Porter Novelli, and is currently a Board Member of the Global Climate and Health Alliance.