Clinical Climate Change Conference

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Friday, January 24, 2020
Location: New York Academy of Medicine

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AGENDA

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  7:45 AM        Breakfast and Check in

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  8:30 AM         Introductions  
                         Dorie Klissas, Mount Sinai Health System

               Robert Wright, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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  8:40 AM        Keynote Address

      Karenna Gore, Director, Center For Earth Ethics, Union Theological Seminary 

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  9:25 AM        Exposomics and Climate Change
                         Robert Wright, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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10:05 AM        Break

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10:20 AM        Seasonal Cycles of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Factors of Disease Transmission
                         Nick DeFelice, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

                         Allan Just, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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11:00 AM        Balancing Patient Safety and Public Health: The Dilemma of Health Care Pollution

                         Jodi Sherman, MD, Yale School of Medicine

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11:40 AM        Justice in the Era of the Climate Crisis
                         Surili Patel, American Public Health Association

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12:15 PM         Poster Session, Judging, and Lunch

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  1:25 PM        Role of Rising CO2 on Nutritional Quality
                         Lewis Ziska, PhD, Columbia University

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  2:00 PM        American Lung Association's State of the Air: 50th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act                         

                         Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association 

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  2:35 PM        Break

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  2:45 PM        Concurrent Workshops A & B

                         Workshops A & B are concurrent. Participants must select one workshop.

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                         Workshop A: Managing Respiratory and Cardiovascular Diseases

                         Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association 

                         Emily Senay, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

                         Erin Thanik, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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                         Workshop B: Managing Heat Exposure in Vulnerable Populations

                         Roberto Lucchini, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

                         Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

                         Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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  4:00 PM        Workshop C: Effective Communication and Advocacy in the Climate Crisis

                         Surili Patel, American Public Health Association

                         Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD, The Climate Mobilization

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  5:15 PM         Closing Remarks, Poster Awards, and Reception

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  6:15 PM         Program ends