Global Change and Human Health

1996 FALL SEMESTER
University of Iowa

The health implications of a changing environment is the subject of a special seminar series. Until recently discussions of global change have focused on issues realted to climate change and its impact on sea level rise and agriculture. Recently, the health implications have begun to be addressed (cf, Climate Change and Human Health, Assessment based on a task Group on behalf of WHO, WMO, and UNEP). This subject is of growing interest and may represent new research opportunities. A small committee (consisting of Gregory R. Carmichael, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering; John Donelson, Biochemistry; Amy Klion, Internal Medicine; Gerald Rushton, Geography; and David Schwartz, Internal Medicine) has been established to explore opportunities and interest on-campus related to this general topic. We plan to accomplish this through a seminar program organized for the fall semester.

The seminar will meet bi-weekly on Wednesdays from 4:30pm to 6:00pm in the Conference Room (104) in Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratory. The seminars will consist of clustered topics related to global change. including the science of global change, policy implications, tools for detection and analysis of change, population and sustainable development, connections between infectious and respiratory diseases and environment change, and public health issues.

SEMINAR SERIES

The first meeting is scheduled for September 25, 1996. The seminar is open to all interested students, faculty, and staff.

If you have any questions please contact Greg Carmichael; 335-3332; gcarmich@icaen.uiowa.edu

There are a large number of articles available on the World Wide Web that provide a background for the subject of global change and human health. These articles provide a range of research and viewpoints in the area of global change.

In addition to the seminar series, a course entitled Global Change and Human Health will also be presented this semester. This course will be held in conjunction with the seminar series and will meet on Mondays from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.