Climate change and rural health
A one day seminar on the challenge of climate change for health in rural and regional Victoria.
Program Details
Wednedsay August 22, 8.30am - 5.00pm
Graduate House, The University of Melbourne
8:30-9:00 Registration (tea and coffee provided)
The Background
9:00 Welcome by Hon Sir Daryl Dawson, Chairman, Menzies Foundation
9:10 Introduction by Prof Jim Falk, Director, Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society and Convenor, Climate Adaptation Science and Policy Initiative
9:20 Climate Change – Forecasts and Implications
Prof David Karoly, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
9:45 Climate Change – Rural Health Impact
Prof Dawn DeWitt, Head, School of Rural Health Dean, Rural Clinical School, University of Melbourne
10:10 Questions and Discussion
Moderator: Prof Jim Falk
10:30-11:00 Morning Tea (tea and coffee provided)
Impacts on Wellbeing
11:00 Survival – Water, heat, disease and public health
Dr Louisa Flander, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic & Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne
11:25 Climate change and primary health care
Dr Grant Blashki, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
11:50 Questions and Discussion
Moderator: Prof John Wiseman, Director, McCaughey Centre, VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing
12:30-1:30 Lunch (cold buffet lunch provided)
Perspectives
1:30 Jess Fritze, Victorian Council of Social Service
1:50 Cr John Arnold, Mayor of Mildura
2:10 Questions and Discussion
Moderator: Prof John Wiseman
2:45-3:15 Afternoon Tea (tea and coffee provided)
Adaptation and Research: What do we need to do?
3:15 Jan Bowman, Assistant Director, Environmental Health Unit, Public Health Branch, Victorian Department of Human Services
3:40 Don Henry, Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation
4:05 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Prof Jim Falk
4:40-5:00 Conclusion
Prof Stephen Leeder, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Director, Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney, and Co-Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy
Presented by the Climate Adaptation Science & Policy Initiative (CASPI)
and the Menzies Foundation
Phone inquiries: (03) 8344 4708