Registration for this event can be found here.
Welcome: Helen Zhao (Graduate Fellow in Medical Humanities)
Moderator: Dr. Christopher Tedeschi (Emergency Medicine)
Speakers:
Dr. Robbie M. Parks (Earth Institute), "Novel Assessments of the Health Impacts of Tropical Cyclones"
Prof Joan Casey (Environmental Health Sciences), "Power Outage Preparedness, Distribution, and Duration: Spotlighting Environmental Justice"
Abstract
From California’s Dixie Fire to Hurricane Ida, climate change is giving rise to more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Not only are these disasters fatal and costly, but they increase existing health disparities by differentially reducing access to medical care and exacerbating chronic conditions. Efforts to (re-)build environments resilient under extreme weather must be responsive to principles of climate justice. To explore the challenges of equitably adapting health care delivery systems to serve vulnerable populations in our changing climate, scholars in environmental health will discuss visioning health care delivery in extreme weather through a just climate lens.
