Exploring Social, Economic and Environmental Determinants of Health
Break the Cycle of children’s Environmental Health Disparities is a program featuring students from universities around the country who will present their projects on strategies to improve the quality of life for children who grow up under adverse social, economic and environmental circumstances.
Join us in exploring strategies to improve the quality of life for children who grow up under adverse social, economic and environmental circumstances.
Questions, please email nathan.mutic@emory.edu
This 14 th Annual program will feature Keynote Speakers Henry Falk MD, MPH, former Director of the CDC, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR) and National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Onyemaechi Nweke, DrPH, MPH, Senior Environmental Health Scientist, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Environmental Justice Liaison to the Office of Children’s Health Protection and the American Indian Environmental Office.
There will also be a symposium and workshop on Natural Disasters and Vulnerable Communities: Impact on Children’s Environmental Health, José F. Cordero, MD, MPH, Patel
Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, and Amy Wolkin, DrPH, MSPH from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Preparedness and Response.
The event will take place at Emory University and is free to students and faculty of all colleges and universities and the general public.
Please email Nathan Mutic at
nathan.mutic@emory.edu for more information.
MONDAY APRIL 15 8am-5pm
Break the Cycle of Environmental Health Disparities
Annual Conference
April 15-16, 2019
BTC 14 CONFERENCE
Student Presentations and Poster Session on Day 1 | Symposium and Interactive Workshop on Day 2.
DAY 1 :
ORAL PRESENTATIONS & POSTER SESSION
Emory University Health Sciences Research Building auditorium
Student Presentations (all day)
Food trucks at noon
Poster Session and Refreshments (afternoon)
11:25am
“The Practice of Environmental Justice:
Issues and Opportunities”
Onyemaechi Nweke, DrPH, MPH, Senior Environmental Health Scientist, EPA Office of Environmental Justice
3:00pm
“Health Disparities in India”
Dr Henry Falk MD MPH,
former Director of the CDC, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR) and National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
keynote speaker
keynote speaker
conference
video
Click on a link to watch the presentation
THANK YOU TO OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
please try to carpool!
PARKING INFORMATION:
DAY 1
Option 1:
Lowergate Visitor Deck
1701 Lowergate Drive
Option2:
Starvine deck (Clairmont)
1945 Starvine Way
A shuttle will take you from the deck and drop you directly at the conference building.
This option requires the least amount of walking.
The shuttles run frequently, the trip is approximately 5-10min.
DAY 2
Option 1:
Michael Street Visitors Deck
550 Houston Mill Road
Option 2
1525 Building
Gatewood Drive
Additional information on parking can be found HERE
Questions, please email nathan.mutic@emory.edu
INFORMATION FOR POSTER PRESENTERS
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Posters must be hung between 10-10:30AM
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Presenting author must be present at poster from 4-5PM during the poster session
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Posters can be printed as large as 36’’X56’’ but smaller sizes are acceptable.
DAY 2 :
Symposium + interactive workshop:
Natural Disasters and Vulnerable Communities: Impact on Children’s Environmental Health
TUESDAY APRIL 16 8am-12:30 pm
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
room 201
9:00am
“Disasters through a Health Equity Lens”
Dr. Amy Wolkin DrPH, MSPH, CDC Center for Preparedness and Response, Office of Science and Public Health Practice
“Caribbean Strong: Building Resilience with Equity Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria”
José F. Cordero, MD, MPH, Patel Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics College of Public Health, University of Georgia