Abdullah Y. Shihab

Abdullah Shihab is a Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) Fellow and the 2026 Next Gen Steering Committee Representative. He is a final-year PhD candidate in Community and Environmental Health Nursing at the University of Baghdad, Iraq. His work examines climate change impacts on vulnerable populations by mapping how adaptation practices shape health and identifying practical, health-centered strategies that strengthen resilience. He has over five years of experience teaching and mentoring undergraduate nursing students, alongside delivering keynote talks on climate change and planetary health in national and international forums. Through this role, he works to strengthen collaborations that translate evidence into community-level action.