Heat and The Health of Mothers and Children: Impacts and Resilience in Action
November 13th @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Virtual
Come learn from public health scientists how high temperatures produced by climate change are affecting pregnant people and young children, and from on-the-ground practitioners how policies and programs at the local level can put the concept of ‘heat resilience’ into action.
Featured speakers:
Researchers:
Kari Nadeau, John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies and Chair of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan
Amelia Wesselink, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University
Amelia Wesselink, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University
Practitioners:
Zoe Davis, Senior Climate Resilience Project Manager, City of Boston