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# Eric Chivian

(1942)   Teacher

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Eric Chivian is a teacher.

## Quick Facts About Eric Chivian

Born June 10, 1942

Profession Teacher

## About Eric Chivian

American medical academic... \| Eric S. Chivian is the founder and director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHGE) at Harvard Medical School, where he is also an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry.

##  Quotes by Eric Chivian

> [What degree of proof about the human catastrophe from global climate change do we need, before we are motivated to act to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-chivian/what-degree-of-proof-about-the-human-catastrophe-from-global-climate/)

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[Catastrophe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catastrophe/)

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> [I believe that once people really grasp what is at stake for their health and their lives, and for the health and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-chivian/i-believe-that-once-people-really-grasp-what-is-at-stake-for-their/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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