Heat Stress: Challenges to Human and Animal Health
Heat can play a major impact on the well-being of our communities. The stressors of heat can affect people, animals, plants, and more. This interdisciplinary research forum will discover new trends in research on heat stress and the transdisciplinary approaches that can be explored for further innovation at MSU.
Presenters
Featured Plenary Speaker
Barrak Alahmad
Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Alahmad holds a medical degree from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a concentration in Global Environmental Sustainability and Health, and certificates in Environmental and Occupational Health and Risk Sciences and Public Policy.
Dr. Alahmad is studying the effects of climate change on population health in the Middle East, specifically the adverse impacts of dust storms and extreme temperatures with a special focus on the health of migrant workers as a vulnerable subpopulation.
Additional Speakers
Janeen Salak-Johnson
Professor and Meadow Brook Chair in Farm Animal Health and Well-Being, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Laurel Harduar Morano
Associate Professor, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Shailendra Sharma
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, President, Co-founder GHAR (Global Health, Advocacy and Research)
Felicia Wu
Hannah Distinguished Professor in Food Safety, Toxicology, and Risk Assessment, University Distinguished Professor, and President of the Society for Risk Analysis