Kristie L. Ebi is an American epidemiologist whose primary focus is the impact of global warming on human health.

[3] She then spent two years doing postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

[1][4] Ebi's research focuses on the health risks of climate variability and climate change, including extreme events, heat stress, food safety und vector-borne disease, and adaptation strategies to address these risks in environments with multiple stress factors.

[1][4] Ebi was a lead author of the 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

"[7] At TED 2019, Ebi spoke about the effects of increased carbon dioxide on the nutritional content of food.