Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change: Workshop Summary (2015)
Chapter: APPENDIX B WORKSHOP AGENDA
Visit
NAP.edu/10766
to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to
download it as a free PDF.
Previous Chapter:
APPENDIX A STATEMENT OF TASK
Next Chapter: APPENDIX C WORKSHOP ATTENDEES
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX B WORKSHOP AGENDA." National Research Council. 2015. Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/21705.
Monday, November 3, 8:30am – 5:00pm
SESSION 1 Human health risks of climate change: State-of-Knowledge
Moderator: John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
| 8:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks – Helmut Zarbl, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School & John Balbus, NIEHS |
| 8:45 | Where We Are: Hurdles and Opportunities – Jan Semenza, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) |
| 9:15 | Emerging models, datasets, and applications – Benjamin Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University |
| 9:45 | Using health risk models to improve community preparedness – George Luber, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) |
| 10:15 | Break |
SESSION 2: Health Risk Models of Climate Change: State-of-Development
Moderator: Linda Wennerberg, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
| 10:30 | Quantitative Risk Assessment Approach to Modeling the Health Impacts of Climate Change – Sari Kovats, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| 11:00 | Climate and health effects of heat stress and air pollution— Michelle Bell, Yale University |
| 11:30 | Climate and water-borne infectious diseases – Juli Trtanj, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| 11:30 | Climate and vector-borne diseases – Nick Ogden, Public Health Agency of Canada |
| 12:30 | Lunch on your own |
| 1:15 | Panel Discussion on Health Risk Models – Limitations and Opportunities Discussants: Charles Benjamin Beard, CDC, Mary Hayden, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Erin Lipp, University of Georgia, Session 2 Speakers |
SESSION 3: Human Systems-based Approaches to Understanding Future Vulnerabilities
Moderator: Gary Geernaert, Department of Energy (DOE)
| 2:15 | Systems Thinking in Health: A Population Based Approach to Climate Change Impact–Georges Benjamin, American Public Health Association |
Suggested Citation:
"APPENDIX B WORKSHOP AGENDA." National Research Council. 2015. Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/21705.
| 2:45 | Systems Approach to Climate Change, Agriculture, and Human Health – Joshua Elliott, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory |
| 3:15 | Urbanization, Climate Change, and Human Health – Richard Jackson, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 3:45 | Break |
| 4:00 | Panel Discussion on Systems Thinking and Modeling the Health Impacts of Climate Change |
| Discussants: Molly Brown, NASA, Gregory Glass, University of Florida, Session 3 Speakers |
Tuesday, November 3, 8:30am – 12:00pm
Session 4: Incorporating Health Risks into the Aggregated Impact of Climate Change
Moderator: Kristie Ebi. ClimAdapt LLC
| 8:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks – Kristie Ebi, ClimAdapt LLC |
| 8:50 | Integrating climate change impact models: where we are and where we need to go – |
| Anthony Janetos, Boston University | |
| 9:20 | Panel Discussion on Conceptual Directions for Research on Integrating Climate Change Impact Models |
| Discussants: Stéphane Hallegatte, World Bank, Anthony Janetos, Boston University, Sari Kovats, LSHTM, Jan Semenza, ECDC | |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:30 | Panel Discussion on Practical Next Steps toward Improving Climate Change Impact Models |
| Discussants: John Balbus, NIEHS, Peter Berry, Health Canada, Ann Grambsch, Environmental Protection Agency, Juli Trtanj, NOAA, Robert Vallario, DOE | |
| 11:45 | Closing Comments – John Balbus, NIEHS |
| 12:00 pm | Adjourn Workshop |
Subscribe to Email from the National Academies
Keep up with all of the activities, publications, and events by subscribing to free updates by email.