• Technical Contributor, 4th National Climate Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program
• Interview on National Public Radio
• Co-author Landmark public health research study in Puerto Rico: Mortality in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria (New England Journal of Medicine, 2018)
• Speaking engagements at numerous national and international conferences, including ACEP, AGU, AMS, SAEM, and CleanMed
• Technical contributor to 2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, Policy Brief for the United States
• Field work in Syrian Refugee Camp, Lebanon 2018
• Lead author tudying climate variability correlated with Zika in post-earthquake Ecuador: Sorensen, C. J., Borbor‐Cordova, M. J., Calvello‐Hynes, et al. (2017). Climate variability, vulnerability, and natural disasters: a case study of Zika virus in Manabi, Ecuador following the 2016 earthquake. GeoHealth, 1(8), 298-304.
• Leader of the University of Colorado Consortium for Climate Change & Human Health’s team, successfully procuring funding for a Cliamte & Health program at the CU School of Medicine
• Attended COP25 conference in Madrid with a team of leading climate policy makers
• Led review and pathway development to address adaptation in EDs to rapidly recognize and treat patients from extreme heat event
• Co-author on a seminal paper quantifying ICU admissions with dust storms in the United States, partnering with EPA staff Rublee, C., Sorensen, C., & Crooks, J. et al (2019). Associations Between Dust Storms and Surges in Intensive Care Unit Admissions in the United States, 2000-2015. AGUFM, 2019, GH31D-1177.
• Co-editor on a major climate health textbook for health providers and policymakers (from Wiley)
• Co-creator on core content webinar for the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
• Medical supply chain waste program—launched with the ED Clinical Operations Pharmacy teams to improve processes to recognize and reduce waste in health care at UCHealth.
• Research project with Colorado School of Public Health: chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in Guatemalan field workers [Sorensen, C. J., Butler-Dawson, J., Dally, et al. (2019). Risk factors and mechanisms underlying cross-shift decline in kidney function in Guatemalan sugarcane workers. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 61(3), 239.
• Defining the link between women’s health and climate change [Sorensen, C., Murray, V., Lemery, J., et al (2018). Climate change and women’s health: Impacts and policy directions. PLoS medicine, 15(7).