Conference agenda

DATES AND LOCATIONS

Thursday, April 9, 4:00pm - 6:30pm, UB Center for Tomorrow
Friday, April 10, 8:00am - 6:00pm,  Screening Room, UB Center for the Arts

Free and open to the public

Register by March 27  to ensure we can order food for you.

LOCATION: UB Center for Tomorrow

Nojin Kwak
Vice Provost for International Education, University at Buffalo

Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo
14th Vice President of the Philippines (2016-2022)

LOCATION: Screening Room, UB Center for the Arts

A. Scott Weber
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University at Buffalo.

Moderator: Diana Aga, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Henry M. Woodburn Professor of Chemistry, and Director, RENEW Institute, University at Buffalo

8:35-9:10    Plenary Address   
Shane Snyder, José Domingo Pérez Foundation Chair and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech
Exploring the great unknown: Novel approach methods for environmental health assessment

9:10-9:40         
Francis de los Reyes, Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and Associate Faculty of Microbiology, North Carolina State University
Sanitation under pressure: Climate extremes, emerging contaminants, and the future of wastewater in Southeast Asia

9:40-10:00
Martha Bohm, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo
Compact resilience: Urban density and net-zero water potential in Philippine homes

10:00-10:20     
Joshua Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo
Water, sanitation, and hygiene dynamics among Filipino youth amid social and environmental change: Implications for adolescent health and development

10:20-10:40     
Panel discussion

Moderator: Lina Mu, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health and Director, Office of Global Health Initiatives, University at Buffalo

10:55-11:25    Plenary Address
David Balshaw, Director, Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (invited)

11:25-11:55    Plenary Address     
Haidong Kan, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Fudan University

Climate change and human health in China: Evidence and challenges

11:55-12:20
Aimin Chen, Professor of Epidemiology and Vice Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania
Impact of environmental toxicants on neurodevelopment and dementia

12:20-12:45     
Randolph Reyes Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Health Sciences, Columbia University
Exposomics in Asia: Challenges and opportunities in a changing climate

12:45-1:05
Panel discussion

Lunch will be served to registered participants in the CFA atrium. Please register by Friday, March 27.

Moderator: Kelly Baker, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health and Director, Center for Climate Change and Health Equity, University at Buffalo

2:20-2:45         
Ann Kurth, President, New York Academy of Medicine
Planetary Health

2:45-3:10         
Shelley Liu, Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
The PFAS exposome and human health: Quantifying cumulative impacts for solutions-focused research

3:10-3:25         
Coffee Break

3:25-3:50         
Yann Boucher, Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Lessons from the equator: A window on the future of bacterial infections on a warming earth

3:50-4:10
Zhongzheng (Jason) Niu, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo
Exposure to heatwaves in pregnancy is associated with mitochondrial DNA copy number at birth

4:10-4:30         
Panel discussion