About Us
Sustaining Nature, Supporting Health
Current models of industrialization and consumption are eroding biodiversity, degrading the environment, and weakening the ability of ecosystems to sustain human communities. Unsustainable food systems, climate change, natural disasters, pollution, and biodiversity loss are undermining both human well-being and the natural systems we depend on—creating a global health crisis that disproportionately affects vulnerable and historically marginalized populations.
Stanford’s Center for Human and Planetary Health sees these challenges as an opportunity for action. Based at the Woods Institute for the Environment and in close collaboration with the Center for Innovation in Global Health at the School of Medicine, we bring together perspectives from environmental sciences, public health, systems thinking, policy, law, and other disciplines to generate breakthroughs and solutions. More than 130 faculty and Stanford leaders across campus are engaged in human and planetary health, with students playing an active role in all our work.
Read more about our work and impact in this Fact Sheet
The Center for Human and Planetary Health's Mission, Vision, Values, Objectives
Mission
To create knowledge, prepare leaders, and drive impact in human and planetary health
Vision
Thriving ecosystems and healthy communities worldwide.
Our Objectives:
To drive solutions-oriented research
To develop future leaders
To accelerate impact by proactively engaging with stakeholders
To build the human and planetary health community at Stanford
Our core values:
Global Equity
Scientific Credibility and Integrity
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Diversity and Inclusivity
Collaboration
Impactful Solutions
