Fall Climate Change and Health Conference
PSR invites you for an entire morning devoted to understanding the health impacts of climate change and the importance of becoming a health professional climate change activist. This free event on October 14 includes a dynamic group of expert speakers, and a healthy and delicious breakfast and lunch.
CME credit will be available.
Here’s the schedule:
Saturday, October 14, 2017
8:30 Registration begins; breakfast available
9:30 Jen Walling, Director Illinois Environmental Council: Environmental Activism
10:00 Elena Grossman, MPH, UIC School of Public Health: Climate Change and Health
11:00 Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH, Peter Orris, MD, MPH, and Holly Rosencranz, MD: panel discussion on how to become a physician activist
Noon lunch and learn with Todd Sack, MD: the physician creator of www.mygreendoctor.org will present his online clinic greening tool
PSR is asking all attendees to sign a letter thanking Senators Durbin and Duckworth for their support for EPA funding. To sign the letter, please click here (and include all your professional titles): https://secure.psr.org/page/13491/petition/1
Sponsored by Environmental Defense Fund.
Chicago PSR is proud to collaborate with the Region 5 PEHSU on this conference.