GLIN==> Webinar: Climate Change and Public Health in the Great Lakes - Tuesday, September 28

Tuesday September 28, 2010
11:30 – 1:00pm EST
Log in will begin at 11:00 AM
Program will begin at 11:30

How could climate change affect the public health of our Great Lakes
communities? This webinar will provide information about:
  * Health issues and concerns the Great Lakes region could face as our
    climate changes
  * Strategies and considerations of local health departments to evaluate,
    monitor, and adapt to climate change, as well as available resources
  * Questions and barriers policy makers face as they prepare their
    communities for climate change

The webinar is free, but you must pre-register by Friday, September 24, 2010. To register, click here http://osu.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54e5ae3c10de83ec37a9b8e26&id=7f2f6dd2bb&e=8de11ba3be. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with log-in information.

Contact Jill Jentes Banicki with any questions at jentes.1 at osu.edu.

Welcome and Introduction
Jill Jentes Banicki, Ohio Sea Grant, Melinda Huntley, Ohio Sea Grant Extension

Climate Change in the Great Lakes: Key Vulnerabilities to Public Health in the Region
Dr. Jonathan Patz, Professor & Director, Global Environmental Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Climate Change and Watershed Management
Mike McNutt, Watershed Coordinator, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Department of Health

Question/Answer and Wrap Up

Discussions
All presentations will be brief, 15-20 minutes each. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions via a live chat during the last 30 minutes.

Speakers
   Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH is a Professor & Director of Global Environmental
   Health at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He co-chaired the health
   expert panel of the US National Assessment on Climate Change and was a
   convening lead author for the United Nations/World Bank Millennium Ecosystem
   Assessment. For the past 15 years, Dr. Patz has been a lead author for the
   Intergovernmental  Panel  on  Climate  Change.  He is President of the
   International Association for Ecology and Health and has written over 90
   peer-reviewed papers and a textbook addressing the health effects of global
   environmental change.

   Mike McNutt is the Watershed Coordinator for the Tinkers Creek Watershed
   and an employee of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health in Cleveland, Ohio,
   where he is involved in issues of watershed management, climate change,
   water quality, grant writing, and sustainability programs. He recently
   received full endorsement from the State of Ohio for the Tinkers Creek
   Watershed Action Plan and is assisting in the restoration of over 7,000
   linear feet of stream through three separate grant funded projects.
   You are receiving this email because of your interest in climate change.

   Copyright (C) 2010 OSU Extension Climate Change Team. All rights reserved.
==============================================

Unsubscribe glin-announce at great-lakes.net from this list:
http://osu.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=54e5ae3c10de83ec37a9b8e26&id=671853afff&e=8de11ba3be&c=4b725cb169
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20100922/3d4cb472/attachment.html