[Brownbag] Global Change and Health Symposium (fwd)

[Liz Ozselcuk]

Dear BrownBaggers:
Not "us" but probably of interest to many of us:



*Global Change and Health*
*A Symposium on Urban Health in the 21^st Century*

May 8, 2009
9 am -- 3 pm
Alumni House
UC Berkeley

This special symposium highlights three drivers of global change defining the 
urban health challenges of tomorrow:

*? Climate change*
*? Demographic shifts*
*? Economic trends*

_Keynote speakers_:
* *
*Stephen Schneider, PhD*
Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University

*Alex Ezeh, PhD*
Executive Director, and Demographer
African Population and Health Research Center
Nairobi, Kenya

*Trevor Hancock, MB, BS, MHSc*
Public Health Physician
Healthy Cities and Communities
British Columbia, Canada


Participants will engage in faculty-led panel discussions inviting responses to 
the identified challenges.

*Hosted by:*
Berkeley Alliance for Global Health (BAGH)

*Co-Sponsors:*
Center for Global Public Health (CGPH)
The Henry Wheeler Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (CEND)
Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability
Center for Global Metropolitan Studies



Claire Norris, MPA
Administrator, Bixby Center for Population,
Health and Sustainability
Global Health Office
227 University Hall, School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA  94720-7360
Tel. 510 642-6915
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