WEHN’s Annual Conference on Health and the Environment
WEHN’s annual The Health & Environment Series; Making the Connection conference highlights the connection between health and the environment. It provides a unique education experience for health professionals, students, and academics to learn about current scientific research, public health implications, and clinical correlations surrounding environmental issues in Wisconsin. This event will be in-person and virtual, and CE credits will be offered.
This year we are also offering a unique opportunity to have a conversation about fluoride practices with Bruce Lanphear MD, MPH. His talk, The end of fluoridation? A new look at an old public health experiment, will explore the history, science, and ethics of fluoridation, what we have learned, what remains uncertain, and what the future may hold for this public health practice. This event will be in-person only.
For further inquiries, please contact wehnmail@gmail.com!
Featured Speakers
Tamarra James-Todd, MPH, PhD – Professor of Environmental Reproductive Epidemiology; Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Topic: Regulatory Deficiencies for Phthalates/Toxins in Beauty Products and Health Disparities
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH – Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and the John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Topic: Where Can We Make a Difference in Changing Times
Bruce Lanphear, MD, MPH – Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Topic: Collateral Damage: Exposing the Hidden Toll of Toxic Chemicals
Emily LuyTan – Board Member Wisconsin Environmental Health Network
Topic: Community Organizing and Data Centers - Environmental Impacts including Energy Use, Water Resource Strain, Pollution
Brittany Keys, DPT – Clean Air Policy Manager, Healthy Climate Wisconsin
Topic: Community Organizing and Methane Plants in Kenosha and Superior
Adam Voskuil, JD – Midwest Environmental Advocates
Topic: CAFOs and Permitting in Wisconsin