The National Academies: Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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Institute of Medicine
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Board on Global Health
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Forum on Microbial Threats |
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Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease |
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12/4/2007Meeting End:12/5/2007 |
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Offsite Location: |
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Hotel MonacoParis Room |
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700 F Street, NW |
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WashingtonState:D.C.Country:United States |
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For more information, Please contact: |
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Kate Skoczdopole |
| Contact Affiliation: |
Forum on Microbial Threats |
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kskoczdopole@nas.edu |
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202-334-2462Fax:202-334-3861 |
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For more information and to register for this workshop, please go to http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3783/3924/45653.aspx.
Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease
December 4–5, 2007
The Hotel Monaco, Paris Room
Washington, DC
DRAFT AGENDA
Evidence has grown that climate change already contributes to the global burden of disease and premature deaths. Climate change plays an important role in the spatial and temporal distribution of malaria, dengue, tick-borne diseases, cholera, and other diarrhoeal diseases; is affecting the seasonal distribution and concentrations of some allergenic pollen species, and has increased heat-related mortality. The effects are unequally distributed, and are particularly severe in countries with already high disease burdens, like sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The projected health impacts of climate change are predominately negative, with the most severe impacts in low-income countries where the capacity to adapt is weakest. Vulnerable groups in developed countries also will be affected (Haines et al., 2006).
DAY 1: December 4, 2007
8:30 – 9: 00: Registration and complimentary breakfast
9:00 – 9:15: Welcoming Remarks
Forum Leadership
9:15 – 9:40: Welcoming remarks
Harvey Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., President, Institute of Medicine
9:40 – 10:20: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ecological, environmental, and infectious disease impacts of global climate change and extreme weather events
Donald Burke, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
10:20 – 11:00: Questions from Forum members and audience
11:00 – 11:15: BREAK
Session I: The direct and indirect influences of extreme weather events and climate change on the prevalence and geographic range of vector and non-vector-borne diseases
Moderator: Lonnie King, D.V.M., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
11:15 – 12:15:
• Sir Andrew Haines, M.D., M.B., B.Ch., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Paul Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard University
12:15 – 12:45: Questions from Forum members and audience
12:45 – 1:30: Lunch and continuation of Day 1 morning discussion
Session II: Environmental trends and their influence on the emergence, reemergence,
and movement of vector and non-vector-borne infectious diseases
Moderator: Ralph “Loren” Erickson, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H., DOD-GEIS
1:30 – 2:00: Sub-Saharan – Malaria/chikungunya/rift valley fever
Jean-Paul Chretien, M.D., Ph.D., DOD-GEIS
2:00 – 2:30: “Plague and climate variation and change: a worldwide overview with a bias towards Central Asia”
Nils Christian Stenseth, Ph.D., University of Oslo, Norway
2:30 – 3:00: Arctic environment
Alan Parkinson, Ph.D., CDC’s Arctic Investigation Program
3:00 – 3:20: BREAK
3:20 – 3:50: Marine environment
Rita Colwell, Ph.D., University of Maryland
3:50 – 4:20: Climate change: Its effects on aquatic and marine wildlife populations and disease dynamics
Leslie Dierauf, V.M.D., USGS, National Wildlife Health Center [inv.]
4:20 – 4:50: Climate change impacts on plant disease dynamics
Karen A. Garrett, Ph.D., Kansas State University
4:50 – 5:30: Discussion of Session II
5:30 – 6:15: Open discussion of Day 1
6:15: Adjourn – DAY 1
6:45 – 9:30: Dinner with speakers and Forum members and continuing discussion of Day 1
Day 2: December 5, 2007
8:30 – 9:00: Continental breakfast
9:00 – 9:15: Summary of Day 1
Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, M.D., Vice-chair, Forum on Microbial Threats
Session III: Scientific, technological, and policy considerations related to prediction and intervention in vector-borne and non-vector-borne disease outbreaks
and integration strategies
Moderator: Patrick Fitch, Ph.D., NBACC
9:15 – 9:45: “The use of historical data sets in understanding ecosystem responses to climate change and the importance of long-term monitoring programs: Drought”
Rodolfo Acuña-Soto, M.D., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
9:45 – 10:15: Can on-the-ground monitoring of wildlife help detect the impacts of climate and
environmental change on infectious disease epidemiology?
William Karesh, D.V.M., Wildlife Conservation Society
10:15 – 10:30: BREAK
10:30 – 11:00: Use of remote sensing for detecting the impacts of climate and environmental
change on infectious disease epidemiology
Compton James Tucker, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
11:00 – 11:30: The use of satellite-generated meteorological data to predict mosquito-borne
encephalitis transmission
William K. Reisen, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
11:30 – 12:30: Open discussion of Session III
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch and continuation of Day 2 discussion
Session IV: The international public health and foreign policy implications of drought, flooding, and extreme weather events on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases
Moderator: David Relman, M.D., Stanford University
1:30 – 2:00: Implications for international public health policy
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Ph.D., World Health Organization
2:00 – 2:30: Influences of migration and population mobility
Douglas W. MacPherson, M.D., McMaster University
2:30 – 3:00: Global climate change: Impacts on national security
Maj. Gen. Richard L. Engel USAF (Ret.), National Intelligence Council
3:00 – 3:30: Open discussion of Session IV
3:30 – 4:00: Wrap-up
4:00: Adjourn
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