What Climate Change Means for the Health of Virginians
Location: Inova Fairfax Hospital, Physicians Conference Center Auditorium- 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042 (Blue Entrance)
Sponsor: Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Presentations Include:
- Water Quality and Climate Change in Virginia
Dr. Kim Reece
Professor of Marine Science
Department Chair, Department of Aquatic Health Sciences
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) - Tick-borne Illness in Virginia
Caroline Holsinger, DrPH, CPH
Director, Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Virginia Department of Health - Climate, CO2 and Plant Biology: The Rest of the Story
Lewis Ziska, PhD
- USDA-ARS, Adaptive Cropping Systems
- Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate
Saul Hymes, MD
Director of Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases , Stony Brook Children’s Hospital - The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Good for the Economy, Good for the Climate, Good for Health
Dr. Sara Via, Professor, Department of Entomology
University of Maryland, College Park