Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action invites you to a free educational event for physicians and nurses
View and download slides from this event in the agenda below.
WHEN: 8:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 10, 2018
WHERE: Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital St. Mary’s Auditorium 5801 Bremo Road Richmond, VA 23226
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of VCU Health Continuing Medical Education and Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital and Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing. The VCU Health Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. VCU Health Continuing Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 4.5 Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) contact hours will be awarded to the participant upon attending the entire activity and completing an evaluation form. The Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Health in a Changing Climate Understanding the Impacts on Virginians
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- 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 Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action invites you to a free educational event for physicians and nurses Breakfast and lunch will be provided
Registration is now closed.
AGENDA:
Health in A Changing Climate – 2/10/2018
8:00-8:15- Registration
8:15-8:30- Welcome
Samantha Ahdoot, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Chairperson, Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action
8:30-9:00- Understanding Our Changing Climate
Benjamin A. Cash, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, George Mason University
9-9:30- Heat illness in Virginia
Jeremy Hoffman, PhD, Climate and Earth Scientist, Science Museum of Virginia
9:30-10:00- Plants, Carbon Dioxide, and Health
Lewis Ziska, PhD, Research Plant Physiologist, Adaptive Cropping Systems Lab, USDA-ARS
10:00-10:15- Break
10:15-10:45- Allergies and Pollen in Richmond
Michael Blumberg, MD, JD, MHA, Allergy Partners-Richmond, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:45-11:15- 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
11:15-11:45- Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate
James C. Dunford, PhD, Medical Entomologist, Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University
11:45-12:15- Break- Lunch Provided
12:15-1:00- Lunchtime Panel on Vulnerable Populations
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
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
1:00-1:45- Lunchtime Panel on Advocacy
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,
Moderator: Cecilia DeLoach Lynn, MBA Director, Sector Performance & Recognition, Practice Greenhealth
1:45 Networking
Event Ends