RICHMOND: HEALTH IN A CHANGING CLIMATE

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Saturday, February 10, 2018

8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital

Richmond, VA

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VCCA hosted a full day of education. Speakers came from a variety of backgrounds. Topics included Heat-Related Illnesses (HRI) in Virginia, Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate, Threats Posed by Sea Level Rise, and Flooding Pollen & Allergies in Richmond.

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Below are the speaker presentations (click on the titles to access the documents):

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Introduction

Samantha Ahdoot, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Chair, Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action

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Understanding Our Changing Climate

Benjamin A. Cash, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, George Mason University

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Heat illness in Virginia

Jeremy Hoffman, PhD, Climate and Earth Scientist, Science Museum of Virginia

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Plants, Carbon Dioxide, and Health

Lewis Ziska, PhD, Research Plant Physiologist, Adaptive Cropping Systems Lab, USDA-ARS

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Allergies and Pollen in Richmond

Michael Blumberg, MD, JD, MHA, Allergy Partners-Richmond, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Recurrent flooding and Sea Level Rise in Virginia

Muge Akpinar-Elci, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, School of Community and Environmental Health, Director, Center for Global Health,  College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University

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Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate

James C. Dunford, PhD, Medical Entomologist, Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University

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Lunchtime Panel on Vulnerable Populations

Moderator: Jerome Paulson, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and of Environmental & Occupational Health, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

Panelists: 

• Laura Anderko PhD, RN, Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Endowed Chair in Values Based Health Care & Professor, Fellow, Center for Social Justice, White House Champion of Change for Public Health and Climate Change, Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (Region 3 PEHSU)

• Janet Eddy, MD, Medical Director, Bon Secours Care-A-Van

• Quan Williams, MUPP, MDiv, Policy Director, New Virginia Majority

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Lunchtime Panel on Advocacy

Moderator: Cecilia DeLoach Lynn, MBA Director, Sector Performance & Recognition, Practice Greenhealth

​Panelists:

• Samantha Ahdoot MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Chairperson, Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action

• Bret Clawson, President of American Medical Student Association for Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine’s Class of 2019

• Cara Cook, MS, RN, AHN-BC, Climate Change Program Coordinator, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

• Kristie Smith, MSW, Policy & Campaigns Manager, Virginia Conservation Network