This will also be our 21st Anniversary celebration!! (although a week early)

Event Information

Event Topic:
Climate Changes Health

Event Description:
Climate change is already adversely affecting population health and health systems, altering the geographic range, seasonality, and incidence of a wide range of climate-sensitive health outcomes, including heat-related illnesses, illnesses caused by poor air quality, undernutrition, and selected vectorborne diseases. Risks are projected to increase with additional climate change. Climate change is also affecting the functioning of public health and health care systems. Vulnerable populations and regions will be differentially affected, with expected increases in poverty and inequities. Investments and policies to promote proactive and effective adaptation and urgent reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions would decrease the magnitude and pattern of health risks, particularly in the medium-to-long term.

Date/Time:
Date(s) - 04/09/24
6:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Event Location:
Zoom talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88549236999:

Speaker Information

Event Speaker:
Kristie L. Ebi

Event Speaker Title:

Event Speaker Company:
Dept. of Global Health, University of Washinton

Event Speaker Bio:

Kristie L. Ebi, Ph.D., MPH has been conducting research on the health risks of climate variability and change for more than 30 years, focusing on estimating current and future health risks of climate change; designing adaptation policies and measures to reduce the risks of climate change in multi-stressor environments; and quantifying the health co-benefits of mitigation policies. She was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th assessment cycle, including the special report on warming of 1.5°C and the human health chapter for Working Group II. Her scientific training includes an M.S. in toxicology and a Ph.D. and a Master of Public Health in epidemiology, and two years of postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She edited fours books on aspects of climate change and has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications.

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