Caradee Wright (PhD in Preventive and Social Medicine) is a Chief Specialist Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council leading the Climate and Health Research Programme. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pretoria and the University of Johannesburg.

Her research is in environmental health epidemiology to understand climate change and air pollution impacts on human health and well-being to inform adaptation, interventions and policy development in Africa. Her research fields also include solar ultraviolet radiation dosimetry and skin cancer prevention.

Dr Wright has published more than 200 research articles in peer-reviewed accredited journals.

Dr Wright was a member of the World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines Committee, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report 6 Africa Chapter Author, and Chapter Lead Author of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) / Stockholm Environment Institute African Assessment on Climate Change and Human Health. Dr Wright is currently Technical Advisor to the World Health Organization (Air Quality, and Ethics), the International Livestock Research Institute (One Health), and the Health Effects Institute (Global Health Oversight Committee); the Clean Air Fund (Grants and Charitable Activities Committee); and a Review Lead for the National Institute of Health (NIH) / Nature Journal Collection on Data Science for Health in Africa (Environmental Health / Climate Change). Dr Wright was named as one of the 2024 NIH Climate and Health Scholars and worked with the Fogarty International Centre.