Innovative Strategies for Addressing Climate-Related Health Challenges

8:30

Breakfast and check-in

9:00

Welcome

Keynote Opening Remarks

Lesley Curtis, PhD, Chair and Professor, Population Health Sciences

John Balbus, MD, MPH, Former Director, HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity

9:15

Panel Discussion - Community Engagement to Advance Policy: Building Power Through Partnership

Panel members

Autumn Locklear, MPH, Climate and Health Epidemiologist, NC Division of Public Health

Dr. Kathleen Shapley-Quinn, MD, Executive Director, Carolina Advocates for Climate Health and Equity

Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD Associate Professor, Population Health Sciences

Elizabeth Rojo, MA, PhD student, Population Health Sciences

Moderator: Sudha Raman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences

10:15

Oral Presentations

Presenters

Dr. Anna Strasma, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology – ”Community perceptions of CKDu in an endemic area of Costa Rica”

Cody Neshteruk, PhD, Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences – ”Using accelerometer ambient light sensor data to quantify children’s outdoor time”

Dave Press, PhD, Population Health Sciences – ”External environmental determinants of cardiometabolic disease: An integrated framework of pathomechanisms, multi-level healthcare delivery, person characteristics, and life course perspective”

11:00

Break

11:15

Keynote Speaker

Robert Saunders, PhD, Senior Research Director, Duke Margolis Institute for Health Policy

11:45

Lunch and Poster Session

1:00

Round Table Discussions

Round Table Topics

1. Data Science and AI in Climate and Health, led by Rebecca Fillipo, PT, DPT, and Sudha Raman, PhD, Population Health Sciences

2. Global Climate in Health: A Planetary Perspective, led by Dr. Catherine Stanton, Department of Emergency Medicine

3. Social Determinants of Health and Climate Change: Understanding Complex Intersections, led by Deshira Wallace, PhD, UNC Department of Health Behavior, and Elizabeth Rojo, MA, Population Health Sciences

4. Implementation Science in Climate and Health: From Evidence to Action, led by Hayden Bosworth, PhD, Population Health Sciences

5. Education: Building Climate-Health Literacy and Capacity, led by Lesley Curtis, PhD, Population Health Sciences

6. Understanding Local Climate Action and Health, led by Jordan Clark, PhD, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability

7. Understanding Mental Health in Climate Change: An Emerging Field, led by Christine Gray, PhD, Duke Global Health Institute

2:00

Closing and Call to Action

Hayden Bosworth, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Population Health Sciences

2:15

Afternoon Tea Mixer