Chris is currently based at the Harvard School of Public Health and is the Director of HEAL, a 25- institution research consortium led by Wildlife Conservation Society. His current research focuses on the interface of ecosystem service provisioning and human health, specifically in the context of global trends in biodiversity loss and ecosystem transformation. Through a series of empirical research programs, HEAL hopes to demonstrate the value of ecosystem integrity in protecting human health. To increase HEAL’s policy reach, Chris serves on both the IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) and the CBD/WHO joint task force on biodiversity and human health.