Jason Glaser

Affiliation

La Isla Network

Track

Biography

Jason Glaser is the founder and CEO of La Isla Network, an occupational health research organization and consultancy dedicated to ending heat related illnesses, including chronic kidney disease from non-traditional causes (CKDnT) among workers and their communities worldwide. A recognized global voice on CKDnT and occupational heat stress, Glaser has led research, advocacy, policy change, and guided employers in addressing some of their most challenging occupational health challenges. He is the author of numerous academic articles and policy reports, and has brought the world’s attention to the CKDnT crisis via media appearances in The Guardian, New York Times, Vice News, and Al Jazeera. Through La Isla Network, Jason pulls together an international community of researchers, advocates, media professionals, and industry contacts, forging multi-stakeholder partnerships to protect workers in a warming world. He has markedly improved conditions for workers throughout Central America via programs like the Adelante Initiative, and is now working with partners with funding from the Belmont Forum on Climate Change and European Commission to scale up protections for workers at risk of heat stress globally. Jason holds a BA from Columbia College in Cinematography and Production, an MSc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Epidemiology, and has been recognized by the Tallberg Foundation’s Global Leadership Prize for his work on occupational health and CKDnT. He is motivated by the desire to never be a spectator to unfairness and inequality, and by his belief that all occupational illness is preventable, and that no worker should die of a preventable occupational disease.