Environment Web-Conference Today!

Posted by A. Caleb Hartley on April 10th, 2008 filed in conference, environment

Nation’s top public health experts gather for web conference on environment

Researchers at The Ohio State University College of Public Health have gathered some of the nation’s top experts in public health and the environment for a Web-based conversation on the current state of our planet’s health, as a part of National Public Health Week, April 7-13.

“Converging Environmental Crises” is a Web-based conference featuring more than a dozen health and environmental experts who will provide live and recorded presentations on topics such as global warming, overpopulation and energy depletion.

The conference, facilitated by the Ohio Supercomputer Center, will occur online at http://sg60.oar.net <http://sg60.oar.net/> from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 10. It will be based in Columbus and link to sites around the U.S. and Canada.

For more information, please see the PDF posted at http://cph.osu.edu/webcast.

Presenters include:

• Roscoe Bartlett, Republican congressman from Maryland and
  co-chair of Peak Oil Caucus
• Dan Bednarz, PhD, Energy & Healthcare Consultants, Pittsburgh,
  Pa.
• Jason Bradford, PhD, population biologist and founder of Willits
  Economic Localization, Willits, Calif.
• Kristin Bradford, MD, Little Lake Health Center, Willits, Calif.
• William Catton, Jr., PhD, emeritus professor of sociology,
  Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.
• Mac Crawford, PhD, assistant professor, OSU College of Public
  Health’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbus
• Dick Jackson, PhD, director of the Graham Environmental
  Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Joel Kreisberg, DC, MA, Teleosis Institute, Berkeley, Calif.
• Walt Lierman, PhD, economic consultant, Portland, Ore.
• Jessica Pierce, PhD, bioethicist, Longmont, Colo.
• Ken Smail, PhD, professor emeritus of Anthropology, Kenyon
  College, Gambier, Ohio
• Don Spady, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, Department of
  Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta
• Terry Tamminen, former director of the California Environmental
  Protection Agency, author and strategist on energy and the environment
• Gail Tverberg, actuary, Tverberg Actuarial Services, Atlanta,
  Ga., and analyst for TheOilDrum.com

The OSU College Public Health is an integral part of the most comprehensive health sciences campus in the nation. The college was created in February 2007 when the University Board of Trustees elevated us from a school to a college. First established in 1995 as part of the College of Medicine, we are the first and only accredited school of
public health in the state of Ohio. Specializations within the college include biostatistics, epidemiology, health behavior and health promotion, environmental health sciences, health services management and policy, veterinary public health and clinical investigations. The college is currently ranked 21st in public health graduate schools by US News & World Report. Its Master of Health Administration program is ranked 12th. The College of Public Health makes a difference in the health of the public, advances knowledge through multidisciplinary research and education, and reaches out with knowledge, service and leadership to Ohio and the world.

Namaste,
A. Caleb Hartley

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Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend since I will be at an e-learning seminar - also in Columbus - for my day-to-day J-O-B. But for those who CAN attend, leave a comment and let us all know how it was!

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