Chaitan Sarabu
Dr. Chethan Sarabu, MD, is Director of Clinical Innovation for the Health Tech Hub at Cornell Tech's Jacobs Institute and a pediatrician focused on climate health informatics and AI in healthcare.
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Sep 24, 2026
David RabinovitzHOST
What's different about the innovation agenda at the moment that gives you a lot of optimism and hope that now is really the chance to drive more action?
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
So one, I think there's greater awareness of the health impacts of climate change that is not only being recognized for its health impacts, but its financial impacts.
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
Hospitals that are on the front lines of climate disasters have more and more costs that they're paying, and that's driving an increasing shift in investments upstream.
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
And we have much better data interoperability with being able to connect health data from personal devices to your medical records at your doctor's office.
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
And the environmental data is getting better and better too with AI prediction.
David RabinovitzHOST
What's different about the innovation agenda at the moment that gives you a lot of optimism and hope that now is really the chance to drive more action?
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
So one, I think there's greater awareness of the health impacts of climate change that is not only being recognized for its health impacts, but its financial impacts.
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
Hospitals that are on the front lines of climate disasters have more and more costs that they're paying, and that's driving an increasing shift in investments upstream.
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
And we have much better data interoperability with being able to connect health data from personal devices to your medical records at your doctor's office.
Chaitan SarabuGUEST
And the environmental data is getting better and better too with AI prediction.