Mitigating Extreme Weather Impact on Children’s Health
April 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Earth Day Seminar: Mitigating Extreme Weather Impacts on Children’s Health
Celebrate Earth Day with leading experts in environmental health as they share the latest research on climate-related risks and children’s health.
Featured Speakers & Topics:
Jagadeesh Puvvula, PhD, PharmD Instructor, Dept. of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine Topic: Mapping heat exposure across the continental U.S. and its pediatric health risks
Yu-Chin Lien, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine & Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Topic: Air pollution and preterm birth, with insights into heat exposure using Metabolon data
Marilyn V. Howarth, MD, FACOEM Deputy Director, Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health Topic: Mitigating risks from extreme weather to improve children’s health.