3rd Annual NIHHIS National Meeting
The NIHHIS National Meeting aims to bring together multiple stakeholders (including federal agencies, state and local governments, private and public partners, community leaders, and more) to discuss heat and health with the goal of reducing risk across multiple timescales and geographic scales. The meeting is focused on engaging communities and developing a shared vision for community heat resilience. The meeting will be virtual and free to attend. Registration to come.
RegisterOpening Remarks: Defining the Heat Problem
Panel:
Mandy Cohen, Richard Spinrad, Rep Sylvia Garcia
Opening remarks with CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen, NOAA Administrator Dr. Richard Spinrad, and Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX, 29th district)
Session 1: Overview of the Problem
Speakers:
Kimberly McMahon, Rish Vaidyanathan, Anna Reilly, Stephen Baxter
Moderators:
Maggie Allen
Reflection of the 2023 Heat Season, Case Study Presentation on 2023 Hat Season in Louisiana, and 2023 Emergency Department VIsits
Session 2: Heat and Infrastructure Impacts
Speakers:
Sunny Wescott, Chris Still, Ted Thrasher, Amir Golialipour, Austin Jarrell
Moderators:
Leanne Spaulding
Overview of Infrastructure Impacts, Green Infrastructure – Impact of the 2021 PNW Heat Dome on Trees, Visualizing Heat Effects on Aviation, and Heat Impacts on Pavements
Session 3: Federal Roundtable
Panel:
John Balbus, Adriana Hochberg, Alexis Pelosi, Ann Shikany, Nick Shufro, Juli Trtanj
Moderators:
Crystal Bergemann
Federal Roundtable on heat
Keynote Address
Speakers:
Jeff Goodell
Jeff Goodell, Author ofThe Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Opening Remarks: Personal Exposure to Heat
Speakers:
Admiral Rachel Levine, Nick Shufro
Opening remarks from HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine
Session 1: Populations at Higher Risk
Speakers:
Doug Parker, Ashley Ward, Amruta Nori-Sarma, Jeannie Economos, Sherman Gillums Jr.
Moderators:
Claudia Brown
Opening remarks from Assistant Secretary of Labor Doug Parker (OSHA), Rural Populations and Heat, Heat and Mental Health in Communities, MIgrant Farmworkers and Heat, and People with Disabilities and Heat
Session 2: Heat and Outdoor Recreation
Speakers:
Joyce Coffee, Alexis St. Juliana, Ina Hysi, Doug Casa, Spencer Adkins
Moderators:
Hollynd Boyden
Extreme Heat Social & Behavioral Science Research, Heat Illness Prevention in National Parks, Heat and Athletics, and Heat and Outdoor Events
Session 3: Multi-hazard Impacts
Speakers:
Courtney Leisner, Erin Mordecai, Chen Chen
Moderators:
Alice Lau
Heat Impacts on Food Security and Nutrition, Heat and Infectious Diseass, and Heat and Wildfire Smoke
Session 4: Heat in a Clinical Setting
Speakers:
Ari Bernstein, Aparna Bole, Robin Cooper, Anne Getzin, Rebecca Philisborn
Moderators:
Paul Schramm
Opening remarks from Dr. Ari Bernstein, CDC
Community Heat Resilience Keynote Address: Heat’s Impact on Peace and Conflict
Speakers:
Tegan Blaine
Keynote Address: Heat’s Impact on Peace and Conflict
Session 2: Keeping Indoor Spaces Safe
Speakers:
Marianne Nazzarro, Tom Saylor, Claire Barnett, Katie Lane, Heather Jones
Moderators:
Michelle Roberts
Opening Remarks, Heat and the Indoor Workplace, Heat and Schools, and Heat Safe Homes: Planning for Extreme Heat and Climate Change in NYC
Session 3: Heat Policy – Resilient Housing Solutions
Panel:
Kim McCarty, David Konisky, Stephen Morel
Moderators:
Juanita Constible
A session on Heat Policy – Resilient Housing Sessions that was hosted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Session 4: Heat Response Plans and Cooling Solutions
Speakers:
Martin Hendel, Michelle Litwin, Kevin Lanza
Moderators:
Morgan Zabow
Blue Infrastructure- Pavement Watering, Buses as Cooling Centers, and Cooling Solutions at Bus Stops: A Texas Case Study