On Tuesday, November 18, USGCRP's Interagency Crosscutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health (CCHHG) will host a Town Hall at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The Town Hall is intended to gather input from public health researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders on a broad range of intersections between climate and health. Members of the CCHHG will present information on relevant Federal activities, and a panel of Federal grantees will discuss research and data needs.

• Read more, download the draft agenda, and view speaker/panelist biographies
• Download a fact sheet on the CCHHG

November 18, 6:30–8:30 pm
New Orleans, LA
Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Fountain Room

Speakers:

John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Alison Crimmins, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Paul Schramm, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Mark Shimamoto, USGCRP National Coordination Office 
Kimberly Thigpen-Tart, NIEHS

Federal Grantee Panelists:

Heather Basara, University of Oklahoma 
Heidi Hales, Vermont Department of Health
Meredith Jagger, Florida Department of Health
Meredith C. McCormack, Johns Hopkins University