Climate and Health Learning Collaborative: Regional Webinar Series
This NAM Climate Collaborative webinar series aims to connect health professionals, communities, and other experts with resources targeted at regional climate and health concerns across the US.
The NAM Climate Collaborative and Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education are co-hosting a series of virtual, public sessions that showcase innovative educational resources and programs that target regional climate and health concerns to build capacity among health professionals, community leaders, and others within the US. Watch these webinars to learn about innovative climate and health regional resources with a through line of prevention, mitigation, resiliency, and recovery.
Meetings and Materials
The following Regional Leads helped inform the direction and speakers of each Learning Collaborative based on their familiarity with climate and health concerns in their community, state, and region. Recordings and materials will be posted after the events.
States
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho
Regional Leads
- Micah Hahn, University of Alaska, Anchorage
- Christopher Chen, Washington State Health Care Authority
- Beth Schenk, Providence
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California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado
Regional Leads
- Paul Charlton, Healthy Climate New Mexico
- Nate Matthews-Trigg, Americares
- Heidi Honegger Rogers, University of New Mexico, School of Nursing
- Paloma Greenwald, Elders Climate Action
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Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri
Regional Leads
- Anusha Govind, UT Southwestern
- Faisal Masud, Houston Methodist
- Elizabeth Friedman, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City
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Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio
Regional Leads
- Heidi Roop, University of Minnesota, Midwest Climate Adaptation Center
- Jo Bjorgaard, Climate Advocacy Lab
- Sheetal Rao, Nordson Green Earth Foundation, University of Illinois Chicago Internal Medicine
- Joanne Bernstein, Medical College of Wisconsin
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Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey
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Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska
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Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, Kentucky, Tennessee
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North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Pacific Islands
