March 2024

Clearing the Haze: Climate change and human health

Dr. Lai Heng Foong is an Emergency Physician practicing at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital just outside of Sydney, Australia. She is a member of Doctors for the Environment Australia and a senior lecturer at the University of New South Whales and Western Sydney University. She has expertise in Public Health, Disaster Medicine,  and Climate Change and Health and is the current Chair of the Public Health and Disaster Committee of ACEM and the International Federation of Emergency Medicine (IFEM). In this lecture, she discusses climate change as it pertains to health around the globe and how we can make a difference within this sphere.