Health Systems Implementing Climate Action
The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health and The New York Academy of Medicine will host a first-of-its-kind, inaugural event on sustainable health systems during Climate Week NYC 2024 held in tandem with the United Nations General Assembly, bringing together leading examples of health system climate readiness innovation. This event will convene business and health sector leaders to present the latest research and practice findings around low carbon, resilient health care delivery, and explore building sustainable systems through actionable and scalable solutions.
Speakers
Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
Marina Romanello, PhDExecutive DirectorKaiser Permanente
Eric Berzon, MBAFormer Vice President and Assistant Treasurer - FinanceBoston Medical Center
Bob BiggioSenior Vice President of Facilities & Support ServicesResilient Cities Network
Lauren Sorkin, MSExecutive DirectorThe Geneva Association
Adrita Bhattacharya-CravenDirector of Health & DemographyKaiser Permanente
Joe Bialowitz, MS, MScFormer National Environmental Program LeaderThe Geneva Association
Maryam Golnaraghi, PhDDirector Climate Change & EnvironmentManulife
Maria McGowanAssistant Vice President and Global Underwriting and Claims Risk ManagerWellcome
Madeleine Thomson, PhDHead of Climate Impacts and AdaptationInternational Council of Nurses
Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAANPresidentOliver Wyman Health and Life Sciences
Oliver Eitelwein, PhDPartnerCenter for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Renee Salas, MD, MPHAffiliated FacultyThe Commonwealth Fund
Melinda Abrams, MSExecutive Vice President, ProgramsAdvocate Health
David Callaway, MD, MPAChief of Crisis Operations and SustainabilityPlanetary Healthcare Lab, University of British Columbia, and Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare
Andrea MacNeill, MDDirector and Co-DirectorCASCADES - Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis, University of Toronto
Fiona Miller, PhDDirectorNorthwell Health
Donna DrummondSVP, Chief Expense Officer, and Chief Sustainability OfficerColumbia University Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Cynthia HanawaltDirector of Climate Finance and RegulationPersefoni
Kristina Wyatt, JD, MBADeputy General Counsel and Chief Sustainability OfficerThe New York Academy of Medicine
Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPHPresident
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Host Organizations
- Yale Center on Climate Change and Health
- The New York Academy of Medicine