Meeting Agenda

Agenda: Climate Change and Human Health

Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and
The National Research Council’s Climate Research Committee

September 10-11, 2007

Presidio’s Officer’s Club
50 Moraga Ave
San Francisco, CA

AGENDA

September 10, 2007

8:30 a.m. Welcome
Lynn Goldman, MD., M.PH
Vice-Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Professor and Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Applied Public Health Johns Hopkins University

8:40 a.m. Why Climate, Why Health, and Why California?
Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, University of California, Berkeley|

9:00 a.m. The Need for Common Dialogue and Collaboration
Antonio Busalacchi, Ph.D., Chair, NRC Climate Research Committee

Session I: Recent Initiatives in Climate Change: Recent Health Initiatives

Moderator: Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Applied Public Health Johns Hopkins University

Session goals: To have a basic understanding of the current state of the science of climate change for both state and global communities and to bridge the gap between climatology and health policy.

9:20 a.m. IPCC: New Findings and Update on Recent Report
Martin Manning, Ph.D., Director, IPCC Working Group 1 Technical Support Unit

9:40 a.m. Climate Change and Human Health: Implications for California’s Water, and Food
W. Michael Hanemann, Ph.D., Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Berkeley

10:00 a.m. Climate Change and Health Policy
Mary D. Nichols, J.D., Chairman, California Air Resources Board

10:20 a.m. Panel Discussion with Audience

10:45 a.m. Break

Session II: Climate and Health: From Global to Local Effects

Moderator: Jonathan Fielding, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., M.B.A., Director of Public Health and Health Officer for Los Angeles County

Session goals: To understand the state of the science of public health impacts related to climate change. To identify research gaps and to prepare the public health response.

11:55 a.m. Climate Change and Public Health: The CDC Response
Howard Frumkin, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.PH, Director, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC

11:15 a.m. Mitigating, Adapting, and Suffering: The Health Aspects of Each
Kirk R. Smith, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, Berkeley

11:35 a.m. Intersection of Air pollution, Climate Change, and Health
Denise L. Mauzerall, Ph.D., Professor, Princeton University

11:55 p.m. Panel Discussion with Audience

12:15 p.m. Lunch break (provided)

Global Implications of Climate Change

1:05 p.m. Climate Change and Policy: Needs for a Global Community

Mario Molina Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

Session III: Climate Change, Health, and Society: Psychosocial Impacts and Influences

Moderator: Sharon Hrynkow, Ph.D. Senior Advisor, UN Foundation

Session goals: To consider the psychosocial impacts on communities and individuals as a result of global climate change by learning from other public health responses to natural disasters. To discuss the disparities for communities and individuals.

1:30 p.m. The Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations
John M. Balbus, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Health Scientist, Environmental Defense

1:50 p.m. Climate Change and Community Actions: Lessons from Los Angeles
Martha Dina Arguello, Director of Health and Environment, Physicians for Social Responsibility, LA

2:05 p.m. Mental Health Effects Associated with Climate Change
Carol S. North, M.D., Professor, University of Texas, Southwestern

2:25 p.m. Panel Discussion with Audience

2:45 p.m. Break

Session IV: Meteorology, Ecology, Energy, and the Built Environment: Implications for Climate and Health

Session goals: To understand how meteorological processes interact with the local ecology and the built environment to effect health. To understand the relationship between energy forecasting and climate impacts. To identify research gaps and policy needs.

3:05 p.m. Meteorology and Health: Overview of Climate, Health, and Local Ecological Processes
Jeffrey Shaman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

3:30 p.m. Climate Change: Its Effects on Aquatic and Marine Wildlife Populations and Disease Dynamics
Leslie Dierauf, VMD., Director, USGS National Wildlife Health Center

3:50 p.m. California Heat Waves: Implication for Public Health
Alexander Gershunov, Ph.D. Climate Research Division Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California

4:10 p.m. Forecasting and Impacts of Our Energy Future
Daniel Kammen, Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Energy & Society, Energy and Resources Group (ERG), and Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) University of California

4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion with Audience

4:50 p.m. Adjourn for the evening

September 11, 2007

Session V: Climate Change Mitigation Policies: Implications for Public Health

Moderator: Christopher J. Portier, Ph.D., Director, Office of Risk Assessment Research, NIEHS

Session goals: To understand technological strategies to mitigate climate change and how these interact with our natural environment. To discuss potential health risks associated with climate mitigation strategies.

8:30 a.m. Welcome Back: Environmental Health and Climate Change
Christopher J. Portier, Ph.D., Director, Office of Risk Assessment Research, NIEHS

8:45 a.m. Energizing Energy: Energy and Technologies to Mitigate Climate Changes
Franklin “Lynn” Orr, Ph.D., Project Director, Global Climate & Energy Project, Stanford University

9:10 a.m. Healthy Solutions: Understanding Health Risks of Climate Change Mitigation Strategies
Paul Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

9:35 a.m. Panel Discussion: Research Gaps and Implications

10:00 a.m. Break

Address: Climate Change and Health: Ethical Considerations

10:15 a.m. Faith, Health, and Climate Change: Is the Connection between Human Health and Climate an Ethical Issue?
Rev. Sally Bingham, Director, The Regeneration Project

Session VI: Incorporating Health and Sustainability into Planning and Building

Moderator: Derek Parker, FAIA, RIBA, FACHA, Director, Anshen+Allen

Session goals: To discuss the role of sustainable environmental strategies in mitigating climate change and improving health.

10:40 a.m. Greening the Health Care Industry: Hospitals in the Urban Landscape
R.K. Stewart, FAIA, President, American Institute of Architects

11:00 a.m. Going Green, Sustainability—individuals and the public health
Lisa Heschong, MA, IESNA, Principal, Heschong Mahone Group

11:20 a.m. Agriculture as Regional Planning Opportunities to Work with Climate Change
Sibella Kraus, President, Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE)

11:40 a.m. Incorporating the Natural Environment in Sustainability and Resiliency
Will Rogers, MBA, President, Trust for People’s Land

12:00 a.m. The Built Environment: Integrating Health and the Environment for Resiliency
Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, University of California, Berkeley

12:20 p.m. Panel Discussion with Audience

Session VII: From Adaptation to Resiliency: Where Do We Go from Here?

Working Lunch (provided)

Moderator: Richard J. Jackson, M.D., Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Session goals: To discuss needed action for identifying:

public health response to climate change; research gaps for climate and public health scientists; strategies to facilitate cross disciplinary research; how public health can help shape resilient communities; strategies for adaptation to changing climate conditions; and research priories for health as a result of climate change
12:45 p.m.

Hillary Godwin, Ph.D., Chair, Environmental Health, UCLA School of Public Health

Mark Horton, M.D., M.P.H., California State Public Health Officer

Jeffrey Shaman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

Tom McKone, Ph.D., Senior Staff Scientist and Acting Head of the Indoor Environment Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Timothy Frank, Senior Policy Advisor, Sierra Club

Lynn Goldman, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Applied Public Health Johns Hopkins University

2:15 p.m. Adjourn

Moderator: Paul Heineken, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco and Associate Chief of Staff, Ambulatory Care, San Francisco VA Medical Center