Frontiers Forum Deep Dive series
Immune-mediated diseases and climate change
20 June 2024 | 16:00-17:30 CEST
Explore links between climate change and immune dysregulation, and solutions for reducing climate-related impacts on human health.
Speakers
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Dr Kari Nadeau
Harvard University, USA
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Prof Ioana Agache
Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
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Prof Stephen Holgate
University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, UK
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Prof Edward Maibach
George Mason University, USA
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Dr John Balmes
University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, USA
Actions for reducing climate impacts on human health
This virtual event builds on an article published in Frontiers in Science, describing how climate change is driving increases in asthma, allergies, cancers, and other immune-mediated diseases.
The article authors and other experts will outline these links—and discuss the urgent need for equitable, multilevel solutions for minimizing environmental health hazards associated with climate change.
Session program
Introduction and setting the scene
Dr Kari Nadeau
Deep dive
Prof Ioana Agache
Panel discussion and Q&A
Charting a path forward