Please join the NYU College of Global Public Health (GPH) for its premier event on planetary health as it relates to emerging infectious diseases and climate change. The event will feature discussions on the microbiology of communicable diseases and agent-based modeling, as well as the impacts of climate change on health. Featuring leading voices in the fields of environmental health and epidemiology, this forum will bring research and practice together to address some of today's most pressing public health issues.
Agenda
10:00AM - Welcome Address: Dr. Ana Abraído-Lanza, Vice Dean, NYU GPH
10:05AM - Morning Keynote Address: Dr. Chris Plowe, Director, Duke Global Health Institute; Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Global Health
11:00AM - Panel Discussion: Emerging Infectious Disease
Moderator: Dr. Elodie Ghedin, Professor of Epidemiology, NYU GPH; Director, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology
Panelists:
- Dr. Jane Carlton, NYU Silver Professor of Biology, NYU College of Arts and Science, Professor of Microbiology NYU School of Medicine; Director, Center for the Study of Complex Malaria in India
- Dr. P'ng Loke, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology (Parasitology), NYU Langone Health
- Dr. Yesim Tozan, Clinical Associate Professor of Global Health, NYU GPH
12:15PM - Networking Lunch
1:00PM - Lunch Discussion: Agent-Based Modeling and Global Health: Dr. Joshua Epstein, Professor of Epidemiology, NYU GPH
1:45PM - Panel Discussion: Climate Change and Public Health
Moderator: Dr. Jack Caravanos, Clinical Professor of Environmental Public Health Sciences, NYU GPH
Panelists:
- Dr. Pam Factor-Litvak, Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
- Dr. Judith Zelikoff, Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone Health
3:00PM - Adopting "No Regrets Policies": How They Can Save Lives: Dr. Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, NYU College of Arts and Sciences; Affiliated Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College, London; Adjunct Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
3:30PM - Closing Remarks: Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala, Interim Chair, Department of Epidemiology, NYU GPH
4:00PM - Event concludes
Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis.