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November 13

Heat and The Health of Mothers and Children: Impacts and Resilience in Action

Come learn from public health scientists how high temperatures produced by climate change are affecting pregnant people and young children, and from on-the-ground practitioners how policies and programs at the local level can put the concept of ‘heat resilience’ into action.

Featured speakers:
Researchers:
Kari Nadeau, John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies and Chair of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan
Amelia Wesselink, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University
Practitioners:
Zoe Davis, Senior Climate Resilience Project Manager, City of Boston
Zainab Jah, Senior Research Analyst, The Praxis Project
Esther McCant, CEO, Metro Mommy Agency