Dr Rita Issa (MBBS BSc MPH MRCGP FRSA) is a medical doctor, climate-health researcher, and communicator bridging science, systems thinking, and wisdom traditions for the flourishing of people and the planet.

I work from the understanding that our individual health, and that of our communities, ecosystems, nature and culture is deeply intertwined. This means that true healing cannot happen in isolation, to heal one we must heal the whole, and that healing may be beautiful, confronting, holistic and connecting.

I practise this in my academic work (UEA/ Harvard/ UCL), as a clinician (MRCGP, NHS), through policy (at the World Health Organisation), and by imagining and innovating new systems (planet:health).