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Heat and The Health of Mothers and Children: Impacts and Resilience in Action

November 13th @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Virtual
Photos of featured speakers Kari Nadeau, Amelia Wesselink, Zoe Davis, Zainab Jah, Esther McCant on blue/teal background with event details

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
Practitioners
Zoe Davis, Senior Climate Resilience Project Manager, City of Boston
Zainab Jah, Senior Research Analyst, The Praxis Project
Esther McCant, CEO, Metro Mommy Agency

Details

Date: November 13th
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Calendars: Public Events, School-wide Events, University-wide Events
Event types: Lectures / Seminars / Forums

Venue

Virtual