The Conservation Science Webinar: Connections between the biosphere, climate change and disease emergence with Dr. Aaron Bernstein

04/08/2020

2:00 – 3:00 pm est

 

Presented by The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this webinar is part of The Conservation Science Webinar Series which aims to communicate recent advancements in the field of conservation, ranging from emerging issues to technological advancements to pertinent scientific discoveries. This series targets biologists or natural resource managers interested in staying informed about the most up-to-date science by engaging with experts in the field.

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is sweeping across the world and everyone is searching for answers. Those who work on and care about climate change and environmental issues are asking about the connections to this global pandemic, and what the pandemic might tell us about how environmental change is influencing infectious disease emergence. In this webinar, Dr. Bernstein will speak to the latest evidence on the connections between the biosphere, climate change and disease emergence.

Presented by: Dr. Aaron Bernstein

Bernstein is the Interim Director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE), a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bernstein focuses on the health impacts of the climate crisis on children’s health and advancing solutions to address its causes to improve the health and wellbeing of children around the world.

With Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Chivian, Dr. Bernstein co-authored and co-edited the Oxford University Press book, Sustaining Life, which received the distinction of best biology book of 2008 from the Library Journal, and which has been published in several foreign language editions.

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