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
Director, Community-Engaged Research Program
OCHIN
Wael Al-Delaimy
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of California-San Diego
Jeff Carney
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
University of Florida
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
Sequoia Riley
Research Associate, Water Energy Climate Nexus
Houston Advanced Research Center
Megan Rose
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
Center for Houston's Future
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)
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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