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Climate, The Planet & Health

Climate and Health: What can we do today?

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Mar 18, 2022

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET

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Recent heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events around the world underscore that climate change represents a clear and present danger. Communities everywhere need to better prepare for the extreme weather events we are experiencing today. But how does a community do this?

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Agenda

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.

Keynote: The Government Perspective

Presentations From:

John Balbus Interim Director, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, US Department of Health and Human Services
Greg Wellenius (MODERATOR), Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Climate Action for equitable, healthy, and climate resilient communities

Roseann Bongiovanni,  (CAS'99, SPH'01), Executive Director, GreenRoots
Sharon Harlan, Professor and Department Chair, Northeastern University
Kathy Baughman McLeod, Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center: Senior Vice President, Atlantic Council
Marie S. O'Neill, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan
Amruta Nori-Sarma, (MODERATOR), Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
11:30 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Keynote: The Academic Research Perspective

Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science Co-Director of the Data Science Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Patrick L. Kinney, (MODERATOR), Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Speakers

John Balbus

John Balbus

@drjbalbus

Interim Director, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, US Department of Health and Human Services

Greg Wellenius

Greg Wellenius

@gwellenius

Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Roseann Bongiovanni

Roseann Bongiovanni

@GreenRootsEJ

(CAS'99, SPH'01), Executive Director, GreenRoots

Sharon Harlan

Sharon Harlan

Professor and Department Chair, Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

Kathy Baughman McLeod

Kathy Baughman McLeod

@KBMcLeodFLA

Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center: Senior Vice President, Atlantic Council

Marie S. O'Neill

Marie S. O'Neill

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan

Amruta Nori-Sarma

Amruta Nori-Sarma

@asansreason

Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Francesca Dominici

Francesca Dominici

@francescadomin8

Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science Co-Director of the Data Science Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Patrick Kinney

Patrick Kinney

@PatrickKinney20

Professor, Environmental Health, BU School of Public Health