96 - Climate Change, Environnmental Degradation and Infectious Diseases

Friday, October 1, 2021

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Moderator(s)

Heather Yun, MD

Deputy Commander for Medical Services; Professor of Medicine
Brooke Army Medical Center ; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
San Antonio, TX, United States

American Board of Internal Medicine (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Board Member
Catherine Berjohn, MD, MPH

Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director Site Director, IDCRP
Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Speaker(s)

Erin Mordecai, PhD

Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Rachel Harold, MD

Advocacy Advisor
Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Washington, DC, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Kris Murray, PhD

Assoc. Prof. Environmental Change and Health
MRC Unit The Gambia @ LSHTM

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Heather Yun, MD: American Board of Internal Medicine (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Board Member

Catherine M. Berjohn, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Erin Mordecai, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Rachel Harold, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Kris Murray, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-21-001-H01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

review the environmental drivers of vector-borne diseases and effects of temperature and climate on vector ecology
summarize effects of climate change on water borne infections
describe how tracking biogeography relates to an understanding of the impact of climate on human health

Presentations:

Global change and the ecology of vector-borne disease
Speaker: Erin Mordecai, PhD – Stanford University
In Hot Water: The Effects of Climate Change on Water-borne Infections
Speaker: Rachel Harold, MD – Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Tracking Infectious Diseases in a Warming World
Speaker: Kris Murray, PhD – MRC Unit The Gambia @ LSHTM