The Age of Big Wildfires: Confronting an Urgent Health Threat - Livestream

2020 marked the West’s worst fire season in modern history, with over four million acres burned in California alone. This session will explore the role of climate change in accelerating the frequency and scale of wildfires, new evidence of the health and equity impacts of wildfire exposure, and the opportunities and challenges we face in mitigating the threat of wildfire disasters and protecting human health and the environment.

Agenda:

• 2:30-2:35pm PDT Series Introduction by Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, UCSF
• 2:35-2:40pm PDT Session Introduction by Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, MA, UCSF
• 2:40-3:15pm PDT Presentations
  • Marshall Burke, PhD, Stanford University
  • Stephanie Holm, MD, MPH, UCSF
  • Ashley Conrad-Saydah, MS, Sowing Change Strategies
• 3:15-3:55pm PDT Panel DiscussionModerated by Gina Soloman, MD, MPH, UCSF
  • Ranyee Chiang, PhD, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
  • Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, UCLA
  • Marshall Burke, PhD, Stanford University
  • Stephanie Holm, MD, MPH, UCSF
  • Ashley Conrad-Saydah, MS, Sowing Change Strategies
• 3:55-4pm PDT Closing Remarks by Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, UCSF

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