2022 Clinical Climate Change

Mental Health and Well-being for Patients and Clinicians

January 7, 2022


Opening remarks: Terry Thompson, DHA, MPH, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Introductory Remarks: Robert Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Institute for Exposomic Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dennis Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System

Keynote Presentation: Rachel L. Levine, MD, Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Building Community Across Disciplines: Collaborating with Trusted Messengers: J. Marshall Shepherd, PhD, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Georgia

2022: State of the Air: Albert A. Rizzo, MD, Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association

Climate Health Research Roundup – Latest Research News for Clinicians (panel discussion): Bian Liu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Maayan Yitshak-Sade, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Daniel Carrión, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Director of Education for the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health. Moderator: Robert Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Institute for Exposomic Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mental Health Impacts of the Climate Crisis (panel discussion): Janet Lewis, MD, Founding Member, Climate Psychiatry Alliance and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester; Rosalind Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Institute for Exposomic Research and Dean for Translational Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Elizabeth Pinsky, MD, Director, Child and Adolescent Medical Psychiatry Consultation Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital Program; Joshua Wortzel, MD, MPhil, Chief Resident in Psychiatry, University of Rochester and Steering Committee Member, Climate Psychiatry Alliance; Cecilia Sorensen, MD, Director, Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Columbia University. Moderator: Jon Earle, Road to Resilience Podcast Host


Poster presentations and winners

Conference resources

Conference recap on “Mount Sinai Today”