🗓 Friday, November 21st, 1:00–2:00 PM ET
Welcome to the AGU GeoHealth series of webinar talks. The GeoHealth section of AGU holds quarterly webinars covering timely topics of interest to our general body.
Title: Future Wildfire Smoke and Health in a Changing ClimateÂ
Abstract:Â
Increasing wildfire smoke has become a lived experience for many people across the United States in recent years. Wildfires produce a complex mixture of pollutants that contribute to a wide range of adverse health outcomes. While previous studies have linked rising fire activity to a changing climate, few have provided a comprehensive and quantitative projection of how future climate change will influence population exposure to smoke pollution and the resulting health effects in the U.S.
This session will present recent research on projected wildfire smoke and associated mortality burdens under future climate scenarios. It will also highlight key research gaps and examine the health and policy dimensions of wildfire smoke, emphasizing how scientific evidence can guide public communication, resilience planning, and policy actions to protect communities as climate-driven fires intensify.
Biographies:
Dr. Minghao Qiu is an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University, jointly appointed between the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and the Program in Public Health. His research studies how extreme weather (wildfire, drought) and climate change influence air quality and human health. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a Planetary Health postdoc fellow at Stanford University.Â
Dr. Lisa Patel is the Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Executive Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change. Dr. Patel received her BS in Biology from Stanford University, her Master's in Environmental Sciences from the Yale School of the Environment, her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and completed her training in pediatrics at UCSF. She is a former Presidential Management Fellow for the Environmental Protection Agency.s a Planetary Health postdoc fellow at Stanford University.
A Zoom link will be sent to all registered attendees in advance of the webinar.
