Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH is an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She has performed laboratory and clinical research for 15 years. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. She served on Wellesley’s Natural Resources Commission, 2017-2020 and is on Quiet Communities’ Health Advisory Council. She is concerned about the impact of climate change on human health and the spread of infectious diseases. She has an MD from Duke University School of Medicine and an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health.