2009 Spring Symposium

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Fourteenth Annual Spring Symposium

Thursday and Friday, April 2 and 3, 2009

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Symposium 2009 Webcast Video Archive

Thursday and Friday, April 2 and 3, 2009
American Museum of Natural History
New York City

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Session I Setting The Stage:
The Environmental Context Of Health (intro)

Dr. Eleanor J. Sterling

Environmental Burden Of Disease:
Acting To Reduce Current And Emerging Threats

Keynote
Dr. Carlos Corvalan

The Environment And Human Health:
The Need To Paddle Upstream

Keynote
Dr. Howard Frumkin

Evidence-Based Policies For
Global Environmental Health Risks

Keynote
Dr. Majid Ezzati

Health And The Environment In The Age Of Genomics

Keynote
Dr. Jane Carlton

Greetings / Remarks

Ellen V. Futter
Howard P. Milstein

Session II Understanding Complexity: Multiple And Interacting Stressors (intro)

Dr. Felicity Arengo

Globalisation And Human Health: Sustainable Health In A Changing World

Dr. Pim Martens

Human Health Impacts Of Climate Change: Insights From The Wild

Dr. Camille Parmesan

Session III A Balancing Act: Decision Making, Trade-Offs, And Mutual Benefits For Health And The Environment (intro)

Dr. Susan Perkins

Biodiversity, Climate Change, And Health

Keynote
Dr. Andrew P. Dobson

Ethnomedical Systems, Biodiversity And Primary Health Care In Micronesia

Dr. Michael J. Balick

Air Pollution, Climate Change And Human Health: Impacts And Opportunities

Dr. Patrick L. Kinney;

Biodiversity For Nutrition And Health: Reversing The Simplification Of Diets And Ecosystems

Dr. Pablo B. Eyzaguirre

On Prioritizing Risk-Reducing Strategies In A Dynamic Environment

Dr. Gary W. Yohe

Session III Panel Discussion
A Balancing Act: Decision Making, Trade-Offs, And Mutual Benefits For Health And The Environment

Dr. Nora Bynum- Moderator

2009 Mack Lipkin Man And Nature Series Panel Discussion

Julie Burstein - Moderator

Session III Pathogens And Evolution (intro)

Dr. George Amato

Expecting The Unexpected In Disease Emergence

Dr. Peter Hudson

Ecology And Molecular Epidemiology Of Human-Primate Disease Transmission In Western Uganda

Dr. Tony L. Goldberg

Phylodynamics: Integrating The Evolutionary And Ecological Dynamics Of Infectious Disease

Dr. Oliver G. Pybus

Helicobacter Pylori, A Resident Of The Human Gastric Micro-Environment That Both Causes And Protects Against Disease

Dr. Martin J. Blaser

Session IV Panel Discussion Pathogens And Evolution

Dr. George Amato - Moderator

Session V Panel Discussion Looking Ahead: Data Gaps And Research Needs

Dr. Andrés Gómez - Moderator

Understanding The Links Between Human Health And The Oceans

Dr. Lora Fleming

Forging New Connections Among Environmental Health Scholars

Dr. William C. Sullivan

Session VI Panel DiscussionThe Way Forward: Partnerships, Alliances, And Innovation

Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy

Closing Remarks

Dr. Eleanor J. Sterling