Surili Sutaria Patel, MS, Director, Center Climate, Health and Equity, American Public Health Association
Welcome Remarks
Ian Hamilton, PhD, Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
12:05 PM
Presentation of the 2020 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Global Report and Companion 2020 Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Brief
Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, Author, Global Report & Senior Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Lead Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Harvard Global Health Institute, C-CHANGE at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
12:20 PM
Q&A Discussion with the 2020 Lancet Countdown U.S. Lead and Senior Author
Moderator
Yessenia Funes, Climate Editor, Atmos.Earth
Panelists
Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, Author, Global Report & Senior Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Lead Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Harvard Global Health Institute, C-CHANGE at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
12:35 PM
Keynote Remarks
Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, Dean, Brown School of Public Health
12:40 PM
Climate and health in the next administration:
A conversation with Gina McCarthy & Dr. Howard Koh
Gina McCarthy, MS, President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 13th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Howard Koh, MD, MPH, Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 14th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
12:55 PM
Keynote Remarks
17th U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
Jacqueline Patterson, Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP
James Rattling Leaf, Sr., Vice-Chair, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Climate Crises Working Group
1:10 PM
The real-world implications of the U.S. Lancet Countdown findings
A conversation between Drew Scott from The Property Brothers and Dr. Renee N. Salas
Drew Scott, The Property Brothers
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Lead Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Harvard Global Health Institute, C-CHANGE at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
1:20 PM
Plenary Panel: Recommendations for the Biden Administration on Addressing Converging Crises: Climate Change, COVID-19, and Racism
Moderator
Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., President & Founder of Hip Hop Caucus
Panelists
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Keya Chatterjee, Executive Director, US Climate Action Network
Hilton Kelley, Founder & Director, The Community In-Power and Development Association (CIDA)
Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association, President, National Hispanic Health Foundation
1:50 PM
Closing Keynote Remarks
Katharine Hayhoe, PhD, Professor and Director of the Texas Tech University Climate Science Center
Bob Inglis, Executive Director, republicEn
Acknowledgements
Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, Author, Global Report & Senior Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Lead Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Harvard Global Health Institute, C-CHANGE at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Georges C. Benjamin, MD
Executive Director, American Public Health Association
General Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
17th U.S. Surgeon General
Keya Chatterjee
Executive Director, US Climate Action Network
Yessenia Funes
Climate Editor, Atmos.Earth
Ian Hamilton, PhD
Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
Katharine Hayhoe, PhD
Professor and Director of the Texas Tech University Climate Science Center
Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH
Author, Global Report & Senior Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington
Bob Inglis
Executive Director, republicEn
Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
Dean, Brown School of Public Health
Hilton Kelley
Founder & Director, The Community In-Power and Development Association (CIDA)
Howard Koh, MD, MPH
Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School, 14th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Gina McCarthy, MS
President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 13th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Surili Sutaria Patel, MS
Director, Center Climate, Health and Equity, American Public Health Association
Jacqueline Patterson
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP
James Rattling Leaf, Sr.
Vice-Chair, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Climate Crises Working Group
Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP
President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association, President, National Hispanic Health Foundation
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS
Lead Author, U.S. Policy Brief; Harvard Global Health Institute, C-CHANGE at Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
Drew Scott
Co-Host, the Property Brothers
Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr.
President & Founder of Hip Hop Caucus
We’d like to sincerely thank the following whose support and financial contributions made the event possible:
