Clinical Climate Change 2023: Clinical Care for Workers in the Climate Crisis
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Hybrid/In-person at Goldwurm Auditorium, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
1425 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
5.0 AMA PRA Category I Credits™
8:30 AM
Check in and Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcome
Terry Thompson, DHA, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:10 AM
Extreme Weather and Worker Health
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM, MBA, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
9:40 AM
Preventing Heat-related Illness Among Outdoor Workers: A Growing Challenge
Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MS, MOccH, Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Health
10:10 AM
Break
10:35 AM
How Climate Policy is Providing Opportunities for Worker Health in a Changing Climate
Sara Zaat, JD, MD Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
10:55 AM
Panel Discussion: Addressing the Health Needs of the Total Worker in a Transitioning and Clean Economy
Rosemary K. Sokas, MD, MS, MOccH, Professor, Department of Human Science, Georgetown University School of Health
Jasminka Goldoni Laestadius, MD, PhD, FACOEM, Senior Occupational Health Specialist, The World Bank Group
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Moderator: Emily Senay, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:00 PM
State of the Air
Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association
12:25 PM
Lunch and Poster Session
Poster videos can be accessed here.
2:15 PM
Afternoon Welcome
Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, and Co-Director, Institute for Exposomic Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2:20 PM
NIH Efforts to Address the Rising Tide of Climate and Health Impacts on Workers and At-risk Communities
Aubrey K. Miller, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Scientific Coordination, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
2:45 PM
Disability and Rehabilitation: Uncharted Terrain in Climate Change and Health
Marcalee Alexander, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Climate Change & Health and President, Sustain Our Abilities
3:10 PM
Transportation and Public Health
Daphne Lundi, Deputy Director for Living Streets and Public Spaces, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
3:35 PM
Panel Discussion: Clinical Practice and the Climate Crisis: Developing an Occupational Health Lens for Clinicians across Medical Specialties
Caren Solomon, MD, MPH, Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine , Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Pouné Saberi, MD, MPH, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and member of the board of directors for Physicians for Social Responsibility-Pennsylvania
Valerie Mac, PhD, APRN, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health
Moderator: Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
4:40 PM
Poster Awards
5:00 PM
Conference Ends
Course Planning Committee
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Emily Senay, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Terry Thompson, DHA, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sara Zaat, JD, MD Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai