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TRANSCRIPT
There is significant scientific evidence indicating that the global climate is changing, largely due to human activities. Such climatic fluctuations may adversely impact human health and well-being in a variety of ways, including through exposure to extreme weather events; disruption of ecosystems, agriculture, and food production; expansion of infectious diseases; and increased levels of harmful air particulates. New research seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the health consequences of climate change on humans — including better quantification of these effects — to improve health preparedness and protect vulnerable populations.
The New York Academy of Sciences along with the “la Caixa” Foundation and BIOCAT will host a multidisciplinary conference that brings together climate scientists, atmospheric/oceanic scientists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, epidemiologists, public health specialists, and policy-makers, among others. This 2-day conference will highlight the latest research on climate change and its subsequent effects on human health, including vulnerability due to extreme weather events, land-use change and agricultural production, variable epidemiology of parasites and infectious diseases, and climate-altering pollutants.
MAY
14-15
2015
HUMAN HEALTH IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: Science, Medicine, and Adaptation
www.nyas.org/ClimateandHealth
#ClimateandHealth@NYASEvents
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!DEADLINE: MAR 18TH Location
CosmoCaixa Museum, Barcelona, Spain
Organizers Siobhán Addie, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences, USA
Robert Anderson, PhD, The City College of New York, USA
Melanie Brickman Stynes, PhD, MSc, The New York Academy of Sciences, USA
Andrew Dobson, PhD, Princeton University, USA
Christopher Dye, FRS, FMedSci, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Andy Haines, MBBS, MD, FRCGP FFPHM, FRCP, FMedSci, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Xavier Rodó, PhD, Institut Català de Ciències del Clima (IC3), Spain
Madeleine Thomson, PhD, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, USA
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For Sponsorship Opportunities please contact Siobhán Addie at [email protected]
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Hot Topics Talks Available. Submit your poster abstracts by March 27th!From the submitted poster abstracts, 4 submissions will be selected to present an oral “Hot Topic Talk.” The deadline for abstract submissions is Wednesday, March 27th, 2015 .