Health4all : UAA Climate Change and Health Presentation: Feb. 3, 5-7pm

Health4all

Every year more Alaskan families lose health insurance and can't afford health care. Every year more families with health insurance cannot afford to use it because of expensive out-of-pocket charges. Every year more Alaskan elders with Medicare are refused treatment by local physicians. And every year health care in Alaska continues to cost 30 percent more than down south. These problems are a reflection of the crisis across the nation. Not surprisingly, the United States ranks last in preventable deaths compared to 14 Western European nations. We have a lot to talk about.

Lawrence D. Weiss retired from UAA in 2004 as a research professor in public health. He designed and built the Master of Public Health program at UAA, and has published three books and numerous articles on public health and health policy issues. He completed a post-doctoral degree at Harvard School of Public Health in 1982, and has been in Alaska ever since. His favorite expression is "facts matter." Occasionally he can be found in a local pub drinking beer and eating pizza while engaged in passionate conversation with friends.

UAA Climate Change and Health Presentation: Feb. 3, 5-7pm

Posted by health4all

Posted: January 26, 2009 - 2:16 pm

On Tuesday, February 3, from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the UAA Campus Bookstore Dr. Kristie L. Ebi presents "Human Health Impacts of and Public Health Responses to Climate Change."

This event presents a unique opportunity to better understand what we can do when facing effects of climate change.

Dr. Kristie L. Ebi is an independent consultant (ESS, LLC) who has been conducting research on the impacts of and adaptation to climate change for more than a decade. Her scientific training includes an M.S. in toxicology and a Ph.D. and a Masters of Public Health in epidemiology, and two years of postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Kristie L. Ebi has worked with WHO, UNDP, USAID, and others on implementing adaptation measures and adaptation assessments. She has edited fours books on aspects of climate change and has published more than 80 papers.

All UAA Campus Bookstore events are informal, free and open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Complimentary parking is available, too.

Information provided by Rachel Epstein,
Special Events Coordinator. To find out more, contact the UAA Campus Bookstore at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/bookstore/ or phone (907) 786-4782.

posted by K.L., ACPP Project Coordinator