Thursday, October 15, 2020

Mini Symposium Series: Climate Change, the Environment & Health

2:00 PM

via ZOOM

Registration Required

It is impossible to ignore the evidence mounting over the past decade...climate change is real and it is a serious threat to our health. Join Dr. Eva Feldman, Director of the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies, who will moderate the 30-minute mini symposium that discusses both global and local impacts that the environment has on our health, as well as diseases that include Alzheimer's and ALS.

Stuart Batterman

Stuart Batterman, PhD

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Professor of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029
Gene-Occupational Risk in ALS

Jonathan T. Overpeck, Ph.D.

Samuel A. Graham Dean
William B. Stapp Collegiate Professor of Environmental Education
Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
Profile from School of Environment and Sustainability

Professor Overpeck is an interdisciplinary climate scientist and the Samuel A. Graham Dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.

Overpeck has written over 210 published works on climate and the environmental sciences, served as a Working Group 1 Coordinating Lead Author for the Nobel Prize winning IPCC 4th Assessment (2007), and also as a Working Group 2 Lead Author for the IPCC 5th Assessment

Stephen Goutman, MD, photo

Stephen Goutman, MD, MS

Director, Pranger ALS Clinic
Associate Director, ALS Center of Excellence
Associate Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
BSRB
Ann Arbor MI 48109-2200
Pathogenesis and Clinical Care for ALS