
The 2025 Climate Health Frontiers Symposium aims to promote a holistic climate health approach, integrating social, health, economic, environmental, policy and climate science perspectives. This event is hosted in collaboration with UH Population Health, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute, AIM-AHEAD, the Houston Health Department and Houston Health Foundation.
Join us Thursday, January 16 - Friday, January 17, 2025 at the University of Houston Hilton Hotel.
This event is open to AI and data professionals in climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience. We welcome participants from diverse fields including atmospheric sciences, urban planning, public health, economics, policy, engineering, computer science, non-governmental organizations, communities, industry and government.
- Registration: December 1 — January 14, 2025 – $100
- Onsite registration: $125
- Students: $25
Speakers

Karen Albright
Director, Community-Engaged Research Program
OCHIN

Wael Al-Delaimy
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of California-San Diego

Michael Berkowitz
Executive Director, Climate Resilience Academy Director, Community-Engaged Research Program
University of Miami

Jeff Carney
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
University of Florida

TC Chakraborty
Earth Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Eslami Ebrahim
Research Scientist, Air Quality
Houston Advanced Research Center

Sandy Eckel
Associate Professor, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences Associate Professor, School of Architecture
University of Southern California

Michel Gelobter
Executive Director
Yale Center for Environmental Justice

Sarah Gunter
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Meredith Jennings
Senior Program Manager, Climate Equity and Resilience
Houston Advanced Research Center

Shuhab Khan
Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Houston

Amin Kiaghadi
Manager, Coastal Science Program
Texas Water Development Board

Vipin Kumar
Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Executive Director
University of Minnesota

Debra Murray
Associate Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine

William Perkison
Assistant Professor
University of Texas School of Public Health

Sequoia Riley
Research Associate, Water Energy Climate Nexus
Houston Advanced Research Center

Megan Rose
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
Center for Houston's Future

Sandy Scott
Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships
AmeriCorps

Imran Shaikh
Division Manager, Data Services
Houston Health Department

Sam Silva
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences Division Manager, Data Services
University of Southern California

Matthew Tejada
SVP, Environmental Health
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Alexander Travis
Professor, Public Health
Cornell University

Xinyue Ye
Professor, Urban Informatics
Texas A&M University
Symposium Topics
- Climate Change Science, Projections and Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence Approaches
- Climate, Science and Health Communications
- Climate Equity
- Education
- Environmental Justice
- Extreme Weather Impact on Heath and Communities
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Modeling of Climate Change and Its Impacts on Health, Communities, Ecosystems and Infrastructure
- Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence Modeling of Climate Stressors: Extreme Rainfall, Heat, Drought, Flooding, Wildfires and Winter Storms
- Place-Based Case Studies on Climate and Health
- Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health
Location
University of Houston Hilton Hotel
4450 University Dr, Houston, TX 77204
(832)-531-6300
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