This half-day event is being jointly hosted by the Infection and Immunity Research Network and the Climate Change and Health Research Group, an initiative between the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research and the Cabot Institute for the Environment at the University of Bristol. 

This will be an inclusive and collaborative exploration of the wider effects of climate change on health.

Programme:

Time	Speaker	Title
09.45-09.50	I&I co-Lead: Angela Nobbs (Senior Lecturer, Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol)	Welcome and Introduction
	Chair: Stephanie von Hinke (Professor of Economics, School of Economics, University of Bristol)
09.50-10.10	Nina Ockendon-Powell (Senior Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)	Plant health in a changing climate: The importance of understanding vector-borne plant viruses of nutritious crops
10.10-10.30	Charlotte Lloyd (Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol)	Climate change impacts on chemicals in the environment: implications for water quality and human health
10.30-11.00	Alexander Vaux (Senior Medical Entomologist, UK Health Security Agency)	Surveillance of tick and mosquito vectors in a changing climate
11.00-11.20	Guy Howard (Global Research Chair Environmental and Infrastructure Resilience, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol)	How will climate change affect engineering interventions for environmental public health?
11.20-11.50	Jessica Newberry Le Vay (Junior Policy Fellow in Climate Change and Health Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College)	The unappreciated links between climate change and mental health, and how to act on them
11.50-12.10	Josephine Walker  (Lecturer in Health Economic Modelling, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol)	Climate and parasites
12.10-12.30	Adam Trickey (Research Fellow, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol)	Investigating the associations between drought, poverty, high-risk sexual behaviours, and HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study
12.30-14.00	lunch and posters
	Chair: Dann Mitchell (Professor of Climate Science, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol)
14.00-14.20	Fay Clark (Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol)	How do animals cope with human-induced rapid environmental change?
14.20-14.50	Alex Tasker (Senior Lecturer, Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol)	The unknown and the unseen: complexity, climate, and health
14.50-15.10	Greg Messenger (Associate Professor in Law, Bristol Law School, University of Bristol)	The World Trade Regime: Learning from the Pandemic to Better Manage the Climate Crisis?
15.10-15.30	Emil Sorensen (Research Associate, School of Economics, University of Bristol)	The long-term effects of early-life air pollution
15.30-15.35	I&I co-Lead: Julia Colston (Consultant in Infection, North Bristol NHS Trust)	Closing remarks

Confirmed posters:

Registration: is now closed. If you would to join us, please contact Catherine Brown directly. 

 

PARTNERS

We are grateful to the following for their support of this event: