Laura C. Myers, M.D., M.P.H., is a Research Scientist I (Assistant Professor level) at Kaiser Permanente Northern California and a pulmonary intensivist in the Diablo Service Area. She obtained her medical degree in 2012 from Harvard Medical School and a Master’s in Public Health in 2018 from Harvard Chan School of Public Health. She completed fellowships in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and Patient Quality and Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research focuses on protecting vulnerable populations with chronic lung disease from the negative health effects of environmental exposures, such as poor air quality and heat. She has special interest in the negative health effects of wildfire smoke and making communities more resilient in the face of a changing climate. She manages a portfolio of funded research projects and is actively implementing interventions at scale within the Kaiser member population.