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Fall Climate Change and Health Conference

UIC Contemporary Art Gallery--Gallery 400
Chicago, IL

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Fall Climate Change and Health Conference

Join us for an entire morning devoted to understanding the health impacts of climate change and the importance of becoming a health professional climate change activist.
This free event on October 14 includes a dynamic group of expert speakers, and a healthy and delicious breakfast and lunch.

CME credit will be available.

Here's the schedule:

Saturday, October 14

8:30 Registration begins; breakfast available

9:30 Jen Walling, Director Illinois Environmental Council: Environmental Activism

10:00 Elena Grossman, MPH, UIC School of Public Health: Climate Change and Health

11:00 Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH, Peter Orris, MD, MPH, and Holly Rosencranz, MD: panel discussion on how to become a physician activist

Noon lunch and learn with Todd Sack, MD: the physician creator of www.mygreendoctor.org will present his online clinic greening tool

We are asking all attendees to sign a letter thanking Senators Durbin and Duckworth for their support for EPA funding. To sign the letter, please click here (and include all your professional titles): https://secure.psr.org/page/13491/petition/1

Chicago PSR is proud to collaborate with the Region 5 PEHSU on this conference.

Many thanks to the Environmental Defense Fund for their support of this conference.