The Health Impacts of Climate Change Across Our Lifespan
A 3-part series co-hosted by the UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity and the UCSF Academic Senate Committee on Sustainability.
According to the 2019 Lancet Countdown, we are now living in a world in which every stage of a person’s life will be shaped by changing climate conditions. Learn how climate change impacts health across one's lifespan – from birth through childhood into adulthood and older age – and about its cumulative health toll over time.
April 3, 12-1pm PST
Children’s Unique Vulnerability to Climate Change
Speakers:
- Karen Duderstadt, PhD, RN, Clinical Professor Emerita at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing
- Lisa Patel, MD, Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Stanford School of Medicine
- Pooja Singal, MD, Pediatrician at Berkley Pediatrics
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gTBnV3fzQ6GP-F_GoCTygw#/regist…
May 29, 12-1pm PST
Climate Change Effects on Adult Reproductive and Occupational Health
Speakers:
- Marya Zlatnik, MD, MMS, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco
- Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, Chief of the Air and Climate Epidemiology Section at the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
- Kathryn Conlon, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and School of Veterinary Medicine
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tsYqS9_2TkWYZ-67h0X0Ew#/regist…
June 12, 12-1pm PST
Heat Illness, Chronic Disease Management, and Mobility during Natural Disasters among Aging Populations
Speakers:
- Tarik Benmarhnia, PhD, Faculty Co-Chair of the CCHE Research Pillar and Associate Professor and Environmental Epidemiologist at the University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Andreea Seritan, MD, Geriatric Psychiatrist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco
- Eddie Ahn, JD, Attorney and Executive Director of Brightline Defense
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B6jKmNpdSGi1J4aMj4P-Dw#/regist…
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