Sue Anne Bell received a PhD in Nursing from the University of Michigan, with an emphasis in Women’s Health. Her research focuses broadly on the health effects of disasters and the impact of climate change on human health, within a health equity framework. She is particularly interested in the long-term impact of disasters on health, in developing policy that addresses women’s health and health disparities throughout the disaster management cycle, and in the relationship between resilience, health disparities and disasters. She has practiced as an emergency nurse and nurse practitioner in both the US and in multiple global settings including Ghana, Ethiopia, India, Cambodia and the Caribbean.