ColoradoSPH Research Exchange
About the event
This event brings the Colorado School of Public Health community together in person. It's a chance to celebrate the great work of our colleagues, share and trade ideas, and build bridges across departments, units, and campuses. Faculty and students from all three of our universities—CU Anschutz, CSU, and UNC—and community partners who share our dedication to public health are invited to participate. The Office of Research and the Faculty Senate Research Committee invite you to attend the third annual ColoradoSPH Research Exchange.
- Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
- Location: Anschutz Health Sciences Building
- Cost: This is a free event! Breakfast, lunch, and parking will be provided.
Join us! Register by October 4th.
Keynote Speaker
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, Vilas Distinguished Professor & John P Holton Chair of Health and the Environment, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment, and inaugural director (2011-2022) of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also has an Adjunct Professorship with the Division of Planetary Health at Monash University. Professor Patz is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine for his pioneering research on climate change and human health.
Dr. Patz served as Health Co-Chair for the first US National Climate Assessment – a mandated report to the US Congress – and for 15 years, served as a Lead Author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the organization that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Some of his other awards include: the Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows Award; shared Zayed International Prize for the Environment; Fulbright Scholarship; American Public Health Association’s Homer Calver Award for environmental health leadership; Case Western School of Medicine Alumni Special Recognition award; Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars; Chanchlani Global Health Research Award.
Professor Patz has taught and conducted research on the health effects of climate change and global environmental change for nearly 30 years. His faculty appointment is jointly with the Department of Population Health Science and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and he currently directs the university's Planetary Health Scholars Program. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications and several textbooks on these subjects.
For more information visit:
https://www.climatesolutionsforhealth.org/about-us
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Patz
Parking information
The Monte Vista or Snowmass visitor lots on the Anschutz Medical Campus will be available for free parking. A parking code with instructions will be sent out prior to the event.