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.

  • Regular December 1 — January 10, 2025  – $100
  • Onsite registration – $125
  • Students – $25

Speakers

Karen Albright headshot

Karen Albright
Director, Community-Engaged Research Program
OCHIN

Wael Al-Delaimy headshot

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

Jeff Carney headshot

Jeff Carney
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
University of Florida

Eslami Ebrahim headshot

Eslami Ebrahim
Research Scientist, Air Quality
Houston Advanced Research Center

Sandy Eckel headshot

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

Michel Gelobter headshot

Michel Gelobter
Executive Director
Yale Center for Environmental Justice

Sarah Gunter headshot

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

Meredith Jennings headshot

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

Shuhab Khan headshot

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

Amin Kiaghadi headshot

Amin Kiaghadi
Manager, Coastal Science Program
Texas Water Development Board

Vipin Kumar headshot

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

Debra Murray headshot

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

Sequoia Riley headshot

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

Megan Rose headshot

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

Imran Shaikh headshot

Imran Shaikh
Division Manager, Data Services
Houston Health Department

Sam Silva headshot

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

Matthew Tejada headshot

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

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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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