SUBJECT:

UC San Diego Institute for Public Health – Update on Institute Activities and Pilot Funding

Dear Colleagues:

The UC San Diego Institute for Public Health invites you to its next meeting featuring an update on Institute activities and pilot funding, as well as two scientific presentations related to the Climate, Environment, and Public Health.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015
2:00pm – 4:00pm

UC San Diego School of Medicine Campus
Leichtag Building, Room 107

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

“California Heat Waves in the Present and Future with Implications for Human Health”
Alexander Gershunov, PhD
Research Meteorologist
Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography (CASPO) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

“Climate Change and Public Health: An Integrated Bioregional Approach to Healthy Placemaking”
Keith Pezzoli, PhD
Director, Urban Studies and Planning Program Department of Communication, UC San Diego

Please RSVP to vsaddler@ucsd.edu by Monday, December 7, 2015.
Visit our website at http://publichealth.ucsd.edu

Refreshments will be provided at a reception following the meeting - for team building, further discussion and networking.

Best Regards, and we hope to see you there!

Bess H. Marcus, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Senior Associate Dean for Public Health UC San Diego School of Medicine