Seminar 7 – Public Health Sector

5-7 pm Tuesday 29 April 2008
Napier G04, University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus

An increase in climatic variability and in severe weather events (especially heatwaves and cold spells) are expected to impact on population health. Dr Peng Bi will provide an overview of research currently taking place to explore the likely nature of these impacts.

Listen to the audio recording.

See the slide presentation (pdf 1MB).

• Overview of impacts
  Dr Peng Bi
  School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide 
• Impacts of heatwaves on mortality and morbidity
  Dr Monika Ntischke
  South Australian Department of Health
• Impacts on both vector-borne and food-borne infectious diseases
  Dr Ying Zhang
  School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide
• Adaptation strategies
  Dr Arthur Saniotis
  School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
  (Dr Saniotis was unable to join us but his paper is available here (doc 46kB).)
  

Admission free
Please register with alayne.moody@adelaide.edu.au