Tia Williams, MPH, CNS, Director, Center for Public Health Policy and Center for School Health and Education
Opening Keynote
Janet McCabe, JD, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Welcome Remarks from the Global Lancet Countdown
Marina Romanello, PhD, Research Director, The Lancet Countdown
12:10 pm EDT
Presentation of the 2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Global Report and Companion 2021 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; Author, Global Report; Harvard Global Health Institute, C-Change at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
12:25 pm EDT
Exclusive Conversation about Climate Science & Health in the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)
Allison Crimmins, MS, MPP, Director, National Climate Assessment
Mary Hayden, PhD, MA, Health Chapter Lead, NCA5; Research Professor, University of Colorado’s Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience
12:30 pm EDT
Ensuring Health Equity in Climate Adaptation and Resilience
Marcia P. Jimenez, PhD, MS, MA, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health (Moderator)
Gretchen Goldman, PhD, MS, Assistant Director for Environmental Science, Engineering, Policy and Justice at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Shaneeta Johnson, MD, MBA, Climate Change and Health Equity Fellow, NMA
Senior Fellow, Global Health Equity, Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Professor of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine
Pablo Ortiz, PhD, Bilingual Climate and Water Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists
Amee Raval, MSPH, Policy and Research Director, Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Crystal Tulley-Cordova, PhD, MWR, Principal Hydrologist, Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources
1:05 pm EDT
Federal Action for Climate Justice and Health Equity
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association (Moderator)
John Balbus, MD, MPH, Interim Director, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity
Kyle Whyte, PhD, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Member; George Willis Pack Professor of Environmental Justice, Climate and Energy, University of Michigan
1:20 pm EDT
Closing Keynote
Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, President & CEO, National League for Nursing
1:27 pm EDT
Closing Remarks
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; Author, Global Report; Harvard Global Health Institute, C-Change at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School
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John Balbus, MD, MPH
INTERIM DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH EQUITY
Georges C. Benjamin, MD
Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Allison Crimmins, MS, MPP
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
Gretchen Goldman, PHD, MS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, POLICY, AND JUSTICE, WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Mary Hayden, PHD, MA
LEAD, HUMAN HEALTH CHAPTER for 5th NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH PROFESSOR, LYDA HILL INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RESILIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH
Author, Global Report & U.S. Policy Brief; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, University of Washington
Marcia P. Jimenez, PHD, MS, MA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Shaneeta Johnson, MD, MBA
Climate Change and Health Equity Fellow, NMA Senior Fellow, Global Health Equity, Satcher Health Leadership Institute Professor of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine
Beverly Malone, PHD, RN, FAAN
PRESIDENT & CEO, NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING
Janet McCabe, JD
16TH DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Pablo Ortiz, PHD
Bilingual Climate and Water Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists
Amee Raval, MSPH
Policy and Research Director, Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Marina Romanello, PHD
LEAD AUTHOR, 2021 GLOBAL REPORT; RESEARCH DIRECTOR, THE LANCET COUNTDOWN
Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS
LEAD AUTHOR, U.S. POLICY BRIEF; AUTHOR, GLOBAL REPORT; HARVARD GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE, C-CHANGE AT HARVARD T.H CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Crystal Tulley-Cordova, PHD, MWR
PRINCIPAL HYDROLOGIST, NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
Kyle Whyte, PHD
GEORGE WILLIS PACK PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Tia Williams, MPH, CNS
Director, Center for Public Health Policy and Center for School Health and Education, AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
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