Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. Heat also impacts how our bodies function when we are exposed to extremely high environmental temperatures. The medications we take can also increase our risk to developing heat related illness by influencing how our body responds to heat. In partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services, SCORCH has convened a Heat and Medications Taskforce to build awareness of this issue among the broad health care provider community and the public.
Heat and medications Information Sheet for Health Care Providers
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University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Mona Arora, PhD (Lead) Assistant Research Professor, Multiple Principal Investigator for SCORCH, Community Engagement Core Lead
Kacey Ernst, PhD, Professor & Department Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Multiple Principal Investigator for SCORCH
Bridget Murphy, DBH, MEd Assistant Research Professor, (Center for Rural Health)
Arizona Department of Health Services
Eugene Livar, MD, Chief Heat Officer
Jennifer Botsford, Bureau Chief, Resiliency and the Environment
Pima County Health Department
Mark Person, Program Manager II, Community Mental Health & Addiction and Injury Division.
Kat Davis, MPH, Division Manager for Emergency Mitigation and Preparedness
Julie Robinson, PhD, Program Officer, Office of Climate and Environmental Health Justice
Arizona Community Health Workers Association, Inc.
Richard Redondo, PSIO BS, CHW, Research & Programs Manager
Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center
Steve Dudley, PharmD, DABAT, Director
Alexander James Jasensky
University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Brian Drummond. MD, FAAEM, Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine - (Clinical Series Track), Department of Emergency Medicine
Harry McDermott, MD, MPH, Physician and Public Health Officer, Campus Health Service, Professor, Division of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Professor, Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine The University of Arizona
University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy
Christopher Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Science, Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine University of Arizona
Elizabeth Hall-Lipsy, JD, MPH, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Assessment, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona
University of Arizona College of Nursing
Kristie Hoch, DNP, CRNA, MS, FAANA, Associate Clinical Professor, Program Administrator, Nurse Anesthesiology Specialty