Marissa Rice is a graduate research assistant working on the development of LCAT (Local Climate Adaptation Tool), which aims to guide local decision makers with a tool that combines future climate models, health impacts of climate pressures and evidence-based adaptations to improve outcomes.

Marissa has a BSc in Biology with a minor in Medicine, Literature, and Culture from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a MSc Medical Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh. In the future, Marissa hopes to pursue a PhD project that combines her interdisciplinary background and skillset. She is eager to potentially expand the content and depth of her MSc dissertation, “The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Regarding Coastal Ecosystems in Climate Change Studies and Indigenous Self-determination,” as well as a general interest in the interaction between climate change and health.