Patrice K. Nicholas

Patrice K. Nicholas is a Professor Emerita and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Her research focuses on the health impacts of climate change, environmental health, and global nursing scholarship, with particular emphasis on climate justice, structural racism, and vulnerable populations. Her recent publications include a scoping review on the intersection of climate change and structural racism, an integrative review of mental health impacts among vulnerable populations, and studies on climate-ready health care systems and curricular integration of climate health in nursing education. She has also developed clinical screening tools for climate-related heat illness and led initiatives advancing nursing-led centers for climate change and health.