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Chanchlani Global Health Research Award and Lecture

Health Sciences Lecture Hall 1A1

10/02/2020, 5:00 pm - TO 10/02/2020 - 6:30 pm

Organizer: McMaster Global Health

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8th Annual Chanchlani Global Health Research Award & Lecture:

Can actions to solve today’s climate crisis create the largest health opportunity of our times?

Award Recipient: Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH

  • Professor & Director, Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Lead author, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  • Founding President, International Association for Ecology and Health
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine

When: Monday, February 10, 2020 | 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Where: McMaster Health Sciences | Lecture Hall 1A1 | Ewart Angus Centre

  • Find out about the multiple exposure routes through which climate change threatens our health
  • Learn why actions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions are so urgent, across all sectors
  • Understand how climate change mitigation policies in the energy, food, and transportation sectors can reduce the global burden of chronic diseases

All are welcome
RSVP to adairr@mcmaster.ca by January 15, 2020