CAFE RCC (Research Coordinating Center for Health and Extreme Weather based at Boston University School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
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When
9 a.m. – 1 p.m., March 31, 2026
Where
This webinar, a half-day event, is a focused exploration of a critical but often under-quantified and under-prepared challenge in public health. An integral component of CAFE’s extreme weather series, this panel presentation will examine the intersection between extreme weather events and infectious disease risk and vulnerability.
Panel presentations:
1. Extreme weather and infectious disease relationships — Dr. Kacey Ernst, University of Arizona
2. Extreme weather and vector-borne disease dynamics — Dr. Quinn H. Adams, University of Colorado Boulder
3. Approaches and challenges to study extreme weather and infectious disease outcomes — Dr. Jeffrey Shaman, Columbia University
4. Environmental drivers of zoonotic disease and One Health approaches — Dr. Alexander J. Travis, Cornell University