Heat and Health Equity: Protecting Our Communities

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Subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, federal and state agencies, and nonprofit organizations will serve as presenters for this webinar.

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Jun 6, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET

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Description

Join us on June 6, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET, for the next EH Nexus webinar.

During this webinar, you will learn about

  • the various dimensions of heat risk and why some people and communities are at greater risk,
  • comprehensive public health approaches that address health equity and enhance heat resilience,
  • strategies to help people and communities lower their risk of heat-related illnesses, and
  • federal tools and resources that can help state, tribal, local, and territorial partners be better prepared for the upcoming heat season.

This webinar is a collaboration between CDC's National Center for Environmental Health and CDC's Office of Health Equity.

This webinar will be broadcast via Zoom. Closed captioning will be available.

Featuring

Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH | Speaker
Director, CDC / Administrator, ATSDR
CDC
Arthur Chang, MD, MS | Speaker
Chief Medical Officer
DEHSP/NCEH, CDC
Jeffrey E. Hall PhD, MA, MSPH, CPH | Speaker
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Health Equity Acting Director
CDC
Paul Schramm, MS, MPH | Speaker
Chief of Climate and Health Activity
DEHSP/NCEH, CDC
Ayana Perkins, PhD, MS | Speaker
Chief Health Equity Officer
DEHSP/NCEH, CDC
Jeannie Economos | Presenter
Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project Coordinator
Farmworker Association of Florida
Sherman Gillums, Jr., EdD | Presenter
Director
Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, Office of the Administrator, FEMA
Jeremy Scott Hoffman, PhD | Presenter
Director Climate Justice and Impact at Groundwork USA
Adjunct professor in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability University of Richmond
David Hondula, PhD | Presenter
Director of Heat Response and Mitigation
City of Phoenix, Arizona
Julianna Reece, MD, MPH, MBA | Presenter
Director
Healthy Tribes National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Population Health, CDC
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