2023 Columbia University Medical School Fair Panel: Medical Careers in Global and Climate Health

VIRTUAL EVENT : ZOOM LINK WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION

Our environment plays a significant role in our health. In the last few years, increasingly deadly natural disasters and extreme weather have caused destruction, displacement, and diminishment of food, water, and air quality. Emerging diseases such as COVID-19 paralyzed the world and required us to rethink how we live. These events have highlighted the necessity to recognize the deep and inextricable interdependence that exists between human health and climate health. For this reason, medical careers in the field of climate change are expected to play a significant role in the future of medicine. Columbia University welcomes our distinguished panelists who will help our students gain a better understanding of the current state of affairs and learn what pathways are available to become advocates for both human and planetary health throughout their careers in medicine.

Panelists will include:

Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD – Harvard Medical School
-Nicholas T. Zervas Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery
-Pediatric Neurosurgery Attending and Associate Director for the Center for the Environment and Health, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH – Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
-Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, Pediatrics, and Public Health
-Co-Director, New York State Children’s Environmental Health Center (NYSCEHC)
-Adjunct Professor, Climate and Health Program, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Dr. Stefan Wheat, MD – University of Washington
-Emergency Medicine Physician and Faculty, Center for Health and the Global Environment
-Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University’s Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education

Dr. Iris Blom, MD – University of Amsterdam
-PHD Candidate at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
-Senior Program Manager, Planetary Health Alliance
-Youth Steering Committee Member, World Health Organization

Dr. Elizabeth Gillespie, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
-Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine Director, Undergraduate Medical Education, Course Director, Climate & Health Program
-Hospitalist, Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Mr. Jonathan Jennings – Health in Harmony
-Executive Director
-Former Deputy Executive Director, Doctors without Borders Canada
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If you have any accessibility needs for these events, please reach out to medicalschoolfair@columbia.edu. Our team is prepared and happy to provide accommodations!