Originally aired January 26, 2012
Co-produced with the American Public Health Association, this session explores the public health co-benefits of mitigation and adaptation to climate disruptions. Combating the impacts of climate change requires tremendous public and private investments in alternative energy, greenhouse gas reduction, and changes in agricultural practices, diets, and transportation. The panel addresses the latest research and international policy review, development, and modification being undertaken to strengthen international health systems.
Dr. Jonathan Patz (Moderator)
President, International Association for Ecology and Health; Professor, University of Wisconsin-MadisonDr. Jonathan Patz is President of the International Association for Ecology and Health and a past co-chair and lead author of national and international climate assessments. The author of more than 90 peer-reviewed papers and a textbook addressing the health effects of global environmental change, he moderates this expert panel on climate change and public health.
Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum
Lead, Climate Change and Health Team, World Health Organisation (WHO)Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum leads the climate change and health team within the Public Health and Environment department at the World Health Organisation. He has played key roles in developing the first quantitative estimates of the overall health impacts of climate change and in implementing the WHO programme on this issue, including a series of projects to pilot health adaptation in vulnerable countries.
Dr. Andy Haines
Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineDr. Andy Haines is Professor of Public Health and Primary Care with a joint appointment in the Department of Social and Environmental Health Research and the Department of Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was previously the Director and Dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for 10 years.
Dr. Ann Lion
Project Director, Health Systems 20/20, USAID (Abt Associates)Dr. Ann Lion is Project Director for USAID’s flagship health systems strengthening project, Health Systems 20/20, led by Abt Associates. She brings more than 30 years of experience leading global, regional, and country-level health programs, and has served as Technical Support Coordinator for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and as the U.S. Government delegate to the Global Fund Board of Directors.
Dr. Alistair Woodward
Head of the School of Population Health, University of AucklandDr. Alistair Woodward is Head of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His major research interests are in environmental health and tobacco control. Recent work includes an international assessment of the effects of smoke-free policies, a community trial of home insulation, a 13-country study of cell phones and brain tumors, analysis of the public health benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation, and follow-up of a cohort of 2,600 cyclists.
