WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- APRIL 30, 2026: Join Health Affairs Publishing this Monday May 6th for a free virtual event discussing research, insights, data, and takeaways from the May 2026 theme issue on climate, health, and equity.

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Join Health Affairs Publishing for a virtual briefing on our May 2026 theme issue on climate, health, and equity. As climate-related emergencies intensify, this briefing will examine how climate change is affecting human health, health equity, and the capacity of health and social systems to respond.

Authors and experts will discuss policy and practice approaches to strengthen climate response strategies across health care and community settings, with particular attention to the disproportionate impacts on marginalized and vulnerable populations.

The briefing will consist of three panels:

• Addressing Climate Through Policy and Intervention
• Community-Based Solutions to Climate Crises
• Health System Approaches to Climate Adaptation

Confirmed speakers include:

• Cecilia Sorensen, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
• Sebastian Bauhoff, Inter-American Development Bank
• Stefan Wheat, University of Washington School of Medicine
• Carlos Gould, University of California, San Diego
• Kartikeya Bhatotia, Harvard University
• Chris Boyer, University of Washington
• Lisa Clemens-Cope, Urban Institute
• Elizabeth Moore, Cornell University & Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland, School of Public Health
• Cori Cohen Grant, University of Houston College of Medicine
• Bradley Kramer, Public Health – Seattle & King County
• Arturo Bustamante, University of California, Los Angeles
• Cynthia Strathmann, SAJE
• Maud Powell, Oregon State University
• Margaret Winchester, Health Affairs Publishing
• Jeff Romine, Carelon Research
• Genevieve S. Silva, Penn Medicine Doylestown Hospital
• Dhara Patel, Cambridge Health Alliance
• Erin N. Marcus, University of Miami

We thank the Kresge Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their support toward this issue.

Virtual Event on Climate, Health, and Equity
May 6, 2026
1:00pm - 3:30 pm ET

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