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

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 Shiladitya DasSarma, PhD
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. - noon	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
noon - 1 p.m.	Lunch and Visit Community Organization Tables
1 - 2 p.m.	Environmental Injustice in Curtis Bay: the CSX Coal Permit Karin Russ, JD, MS, RN Russell Dickerson, PhD Garrett Posey, University of Maryland Carey Law School South Baltimore Community Land Trust
2 - 3 p.m.	Provost Summer Intern Research Presentations and Awards Shiladitya DasSarma, PhD Provost Roger J. Ward, EdD, JD, MSL, MPA Student speakers: Leonardo Soto, University System of Maryland 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, University of Maryland 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 League of Conservation Voters
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.