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During the past 24 months, the following speakers and moderators have responded they have no financial or other relationships with an ineligible company:
A primary care physician and the Medical Director of Climate
and Sustainability at Boston Medical Center. She co-founded Clean Power
Prescription, a program to bring solar energy bill credits to low-income
patients with energy insecurity.
Ben Fulgencio-Turner leads the Climate for Health program, a
national initiative to build climate leadership and action in the health
sector, advancing solutions that protect personal and community health. Ben
started his career as a community organizer in New Orleans, supporting
neighborhood leaders and building power in communities recovering from
Hurricane Katrina. He has studied and worked within systems of safety-net
health care for over fourteen years, developing cross-sector partnerships to
address root causes of health inequities. He received a BA from Tulane
University and a MPP from Georgetown University.
Damilola Oluwemimo is an MPH candidate at Western Illinois
University, USA. She is passionate about climate and health communication, planetary
health equity, and policy advancement. She has experience in conducting various
climate and health initiatives in Africa and North America, and Australia.
Damilola is a fellow at the American Journal of Public Health Student Think
Tank Program and also the Executive Director of the Oath for Sustainability
Network
Jeremiah is a project management professional with extensive
experience working with grassroots organizations centered on advancing racial
equity and social justice. Before joining Health Care Without Harm, he was
program manager at Rockwood Leadership Institute, where he shepherded
fellowships focused on supporting the leadership of a network of BIPOC
philanthropy staffers, filmmakers, executive directors, and other nonprofit
leaders.
Dr. PedjaStojicic, the executive lead of People Power
Health, is committed to promoting equitable health through community
organizing. With extensive experience in public health leadership, Dr. Stojicic
has been instrumental in empowering clinicians to advocate for important issues
such as voter registration, immunization, and gun violence. Additionally, he
serves as an Adjunct Lecturer on Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health.
A member of the APHA for 45 years and was a founder of
Health Care Without Harm. He is Professor and former Chief of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine at the UI Health. He has been on the medical staff at
Cook County Hospital caring for internal medicine patients and teaching
residents in Emergency Room, inpatient, and outpatient settings.
An emergency physician and faculty in the Department of
Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Wheat works to
understand the scope of the health threats posed by climate change, promote
healthcare system adaptation and emergency preparedness, and inform policies to
keep people safe in a rapidly changing world. He completed a fellowship in Climate
& Health Science Policy at the University of Colorado and as an Associate
Research Scientist at Columbia University’s Global Consortium on Climate and
Health Education.
