Day 4: Environmental Health Workshop

Objective: Detail existing assets and efforts related to Climate Impacts on Human Health - Water, Air Quality/Atmospheric Composition, Heat/Extreme Temperatures – creating situational awareness regarding what everybody across the region can bring to the table.

8:30 – 9:00: Coffee & Networking

9:00 – 9:15: Welcome
Kenneth Bayles, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center

9:20 – 9:30: NASA Introductory Remarks
Robert Swap, Associate Division Director for Mission Planning, Earth Sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

9:30 – 9:45: Water, Climate, and Health Program Introductory Remarks 
Jesse Bell, Claire M. Hubbard Professor of Water, Climate and Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center

9:45 – 10:00: Break

10:00 – 10:30: Attendee Introductions

10:30 - 11:30: Panel Discussion- Environmental Threats

Panelists:
Jesse Berman, University of Minnesota (Berman presentation)
Kristina Kintziger, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Tirthankar Roy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Jun Wang, University of Iowa (Wang presentation)

11:30 - 12:30: Lunch

12:30 - 13:30: Breakout Session 1: What are the current environmental health issues that you are currently working on? What are the environmental health issues that no one is currently working on in this region?

13:45 – 14:45: Panel Discussion: Data to Action

Panelists:
Richard Remigio, NIH National Cancer Institute
Babak Fard, UNMC (Fard presentation)
Zhenghong Tang, UNL

13:45 – 14:45: Break

15:00 – 16:00: Breakout Session 2: What are the gaps in your work that are not able to be currently solved/addressed? What are the barriers keeping us from working on the environmental health issues not addressed in the region?

16:00 – 16:30: Day 4 Wrap-up

17:00 – 19:00: Networking Reception and Dinner