Agriculture: Health Benefits, Health Risks, and Environmental Impact

April 15, 2016

Amphitheatre (4th Floor), Rackham Building, University of Michigan

915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070

All events are FREE and open to the public but we do ask that everyone register so we can provide the appropriate amount of food. Thank you!

Past Symposia

15APR2016

8:30 AM - Sign In and Continental Breakfast (East Conference Room)

8:45AM - Opening Remarks

Betsy Foxman, PhD (Hunein F. and Hilda Maassab Endowed Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (MAC-EPID))

8:50AM - Symposium Overview

Andrew Jones, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences

School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

9:00 AM - "Putting Sustainability Back into Diets: Addressing Nutrition and Equity in the Context of Climate Change"

Jessica Fanzo, PhD (Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Ethics and Global Food & Agriculture, Director of Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University)

10:00 AM - Break (East & West Conference Rooms)

10:30 AM - "Looking Beyond the Classic Food Borne Pathogens"

Gregg Davis, PhD, MPH, MS (Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute of School of Public Health, George Washington University)

11:30 AM - Luncheon/Discussions (East & West Conference Rooms)

12:45 PM - "Planetary Health and Human Nutrition: The Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Human Nutrition"

Samuel S. Myers, MD, MPH (Senior Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Director of Planetary Health Alliance, Clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School)

1:45 PM - Break (East & West Conference Rooms)

2:15 PM - "Integrating for Enhanced Impact on Maternal and Child Health"

Amy Webb Girard, PhD (Assistant Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University)

3:15-3:30 PM - Coffee Hour (East & West Conference Rooms)

Thank you to our sponsors: MAC-EPID, Nutritional Sciences Department, School of Natural Resource and Environment, Rackham, SPH, the Gudakunst Lectureship.

MAC-EPID symposia are also supported through donations from people like you.

As part of our commitment to public health and safety we use ecologically friendly products at our events when possible.