Dr. Craig Stephen has devoted his career to developing ideas, people, policies and evidence to concurrently promote the health of people and animals and their shared environments. Craig trained as a veterinarian and epidemiologist. He is Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a Clinical Professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. He currently leads the McEachran Institute, a Canadian charitable organization that believes that action is the key to a future where every species and generation can achieve their full health potential. He has worked extensively on issues we face in the current polycrisis including biodiversity loss, pandemic and emerging diseases prevention and climate change impacts on health.