Healthy Intersections Podcast: Ocean Health and Human Health

Summer is here, and what summer is complete without some time at the beach?

But there’s a catch: our health and the ocean’s health are connected in some surprising ways. Beach closures in summer — from algal blooms and red tides, for example — are just one of the ways that the ocean’s health can affect human health. Another is evident this summer, as we see extremely warm ocean temperatures for a second year. Now we have just witnessed Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-forming Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record.

This month, we talk with Emily Parker, a marine scientist and advocate with Heal the Bay, a nonprofit aquarium and institute based in Santa Monica, CA. The video below is an in-depth discussion of ocean health and human health — and how they intersect. Thanks for watching — and don’t forget to find a beach or river clean-up near you this year!

Audio links: Podomatic, Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts! For transcript, click the icon with the mic in the embedded video player above.

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Lisa M. Lines

Senior health services researcher at RTI International

Lisa M. Lines, PhD, MPH is a senior health services researcher at RTI International, an independent, non-profit research institute. She is also an Assistant Professor in Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Her research focuses on social drivers of health, quality of care, care experiences, and health outcomes, particularly among people with chronic or serious illnesses. She is co-editor of TheMedicalCareBlog.com and serves on the Medical Care Editorial Board. She served as chair of the APHA Medical Care Section's Health Equity Committee from 2014 to 2023. Views expressed are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of RTI or UMass Chan Medical School.

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