Presented By: University of Michigan Biological Station
Climate Change and Human Health
Larry Junck, MD, University of Michigan
Dr. Larry Junck is a neurologist studying how brain health is compromised by climate change. As part of the 2025 Summer Lecture Series at the University of Michigan Biological Station, the researcher and professor emeritus of neurology at U-M will discuss air pollution from fossil fuels, the effects of air pollution on human health, infections related to climate change, other health consequences of climate change, and what we as citizens and scientists can do.
Junck earned bachelor’s degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana and his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan. His residency training in neurology was at Stanford University, and he completed research fellowship training in position emission tomography at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He served on the U-M faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School for 39 years and directed the Brain Tumor Program for over two decades. He is the recipient of the health system’s Best Clinician Award and is on the Board of Directors of the Michigan State Medical Society.
Junck is the founder and leader of Michigan Medicine Climate Voices, a member of Voices for Carbon Neutrality (U-M), on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action (MiCCA), and co-founder and co-leader of Neurologists Interested in Climate and Health (NICHe).
The U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M's campuses at more than 10,000 forested acres surrounded by lakes — is one of the nation's largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.
Founded in 1909, the Biological Station supports long-term research and education. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.
The Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so our community can learn about our natural world.
The free, public talks are on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge.
Junck earned bachelor’s degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana and his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan. His residency training in neurology was at Stanford University, and he completed research fellowship training in position emission tomography at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He served on the U-M faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School for 39 years and directed the Brain Tumor Program for over two decades. He is the recipient of the health system’s Best Clinician Award and is on the Board of Directors of the Michigan State Medical Society.
Junck is the founder and leader of Michigan Medicine Climate Voices, a member of Voices for Carbon Neutrality (U-M), on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action (MiCCA), and co-founder and co-leader of Neurologists Interested in Climate and Health (NICHe).
The U-M Biological Station — the largest of U-M's campuses at more than 10,000 forested acres surrounded by lakes — is one of the nation's largest and longest continuously operating field research stations.
Founded in 1909, the Biological Station supports long-term research and education. It is where students and scientists from across the globe live and work as a community to learn from the place.
The Summer Lecture Series is a tradition at UMBS, where we explore scientific topics with distinguished guest speakers from across the country so our community can learn about our natural world.
The free, public talks are on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. in the spring and summer in Gates Lecture Hall at the University of Michigan Biological Station, located at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston, Michigan — about 20 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge.
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