Brian G. McAdoo is a disaster researcher and head of the PlanetLab in the Earth and Climate Science Division at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. The PlanetLab is interested in how humans are damaging the Earth’s physical systems that support life on the planet and how the resulting disasters disproportionately impact marginalized communities. Current research projects apply a Planetary Health framework to understand how natural hazards interact with couple human-environment systems to improve health and well-being in Nepal (climate change, earthquakes, landslides and road development and health outcomes), Madagascar (deforestation, ecosystem services, disease exchange and community health) and the SE United States (extreme climate events’ impact on emergency services).