Climate, Health, and Policy in Maryland: An Interprofessional Symposium

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Climate change is affecting everyone. And it will take everybody working together to develop meaningful solutions!

Come spend a day of active learning with national climate change and health equity thought leaders, University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park faculty and students, and local climate nonprofit and community groups.

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024
Registration: 8:30 a.m., Conference: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

SMC Campus Center, Elm B

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Why You Should Attend:

Learn: Gain insights from climate leaders working across disciplines.

Collaborate: Connect with university colleagues and community organizations dedicated to climate, health equity, and environmental justice.

Act: Engage in discussions that will lead to action-oriented solutions and join community groups making a difference now

Agenda:

Time Presentation
8:30 - 9 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9 - 9:15 a.m. Welcome

Snehal Patel, MD, MHS
Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks
Kenneth Wong, PhD

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Making a Case for Interdisciplinary Training to Tackle Environmental Issues
Timothy Canty, PhD

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Beating the Heat - Protecting Workers in a Warming World
Marianne Cloeren, MD, MPH
Amy Liebman, Migrant Clinicians Network
Commissioner Devki Virk, MD Occupational Safety and Health

11:15 a.m. - noon Lunch and Visit Community Organization Tables
noon - 1 p.m. Keynote Speaker
1 - 2 p.m.

Environmental Injustice in Curtis Bay: the CSX Coal Permit
Karin Russ, JD, MS, RN
Russell Dickerson, PhD
Garret Posey, Carey Law School
Coal Free Curtis Bay
South Baltimore Land Trust

2 - 3 p.m.

Provost Summer Intern Research Presentations
Shiladitya DasSarma, PhD
Provost Roger J. Ward, EdD, JD, MSL, MPA

Student speakers:

  • Leonardo Soto, MEES Program - Mitigating Nitrate Pollution: A Climate-Resilient Approach Using Haloarchaea-Based Bioreactors
  • Joyce Wang, University of Maryland School of Medicine - Contributions of Medical Greenhouse Gases to Climate Change and Their Possible Alternatives
  • Garrett Posey, Carey Law School - Climate Change and Affordable Housing: A National and Local Cycle
3 - 3:30 p.m.

Policy, Advocacy and Engagement
William Piermattai, JD
Rebecca Rehr, MD LCV

3:30 p.m. Closing

Coming this spring: CIPP650 Climate Change, Health, and Society offered Wednesdays 2 - 4 p.m. in person and online with an asynchronous option.

Funding for this symposium is from the UMB Interprofessional Education Center.