Vivian Lam

Vivian Lam, MD, MPH, is an Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine physician currently working at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Illinois. She completed her MD at University of Michigan and her MPH at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

publications

Science Policy

day one project

Policy Memo

Tracking and Preventing the Health Impacts of Extreme Heat

The undercounting of deaths related to extreme heat and other people-centered disasters — like extreme cold and smoke waves — hinders the political and public drive to address the problem.

04.05.24 | 8 min read

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