Policy Maker Education: Course for Congressional Staff
Environmental Change: The Science and Human Health Impacts
March 29-31, 2005, The Airlie Center, Warrenton, Virginia
Agenda
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Morning Program: 8:30-12:30
Welcome and Introductions:
Eric Chivian M.D.
Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment
Harvard Medical School
What is a Healthy Forest? - Logging, Fires, and other Issues
Norman Christensen Ph.D.
Duke University
Video - PowerPoint
Pre-Natal Exposures to Pollutants and Future Health Risks
Frederica P. Perera Dr. P.H.
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Video - PowerPoint
The Endangered Species Act - What Has Worked, What Hasn't?
Mike Scott Ph.D.
University of Idaho
Video - PowerPoint
Lunch: 12:30-2:00
Afternoon Program: 2:00-5:00
Climate Change Science - An Overview
David Rind Ph.D.
Columbia University
Video - PowerPoint
The Health of the Oceans - What Should Our Priorities Be?
Catherine Drew Harvell Ph.D.
Cornell University
Video - PowerPoint
Kyoto and Beyond - Implications for U.S. Businesses
Manik Roy Ph.D.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change and STrategies for the Global Environment
Video - PowerPoint
Thursday, March 31
Morning Program: 8:30-12:30
Introductions
Eric Chivian M.D.
The Arctic Climate Impact Assesment - a Review
James McCarthy Ph.D.
Harvard University
Video - PowerPoint
Climate Change, the Hydrological Cycle, and Storms
Kevin Trenberth Sc.D.
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Video - PowerPoint
Air Pollution, "Clear Skies," and Human Health
Joel Schwartz, Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
Video - PowerPoint
Lunch: 1:00
Climate Change and Human Health
Paul Epstein M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment
Harvard Medical School
PowerPoint
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