Description

An onsite recording of this session will be included in the Symposium OnDemand offering. 

Climate change and global health informatics: What are the opportunities and challenges?

Presentation Time: 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Abstract Keywords: Environmental Health and Climate Informatics, Global Health, Population Health
Working Group: Climate, Health and Informatics Working Group
Primary Track: Applications
Programmatic Theme: Public Health Informatics

Climate change poses a critical challenge to global health, with its impacts—ranging from heat waves and wildfires to changing disease endemicity and disruptive weather events—growing in frequency and intensity. Currently, 3.6 billion people reside in highly susceptible areas, with climate change projected to cause an additional 250,000 deaths annually by 2030-2050 due to diseases and undernutrition. The most affected will be those in low- and middle-income countries with fragile health infrastructures. Biomedical informatics is an important tool for tackling these challenges by providing essential data for understanding, preventing, and mitigating climate change's effects on health. This panel will describe the potential for global health informatics to facilitate evidence-based decisions and improve preparedness, especially in vulnerable regions. Addressing data collection and sharing challenges is critical for harnessing informatics in the fight against climate change-induced health crises.

Moderator:
Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD
Regenstrief Institute

Speaker(s):
Felix Holl, PhD, MPH, M.Sc., FAMIA
Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences

Elizabeth Campbell, MS, MSPH, PhD
Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics

Farah Magrabi, PhD
Macquarie University, Australian Institite of Health Innovation

Author(s):
Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD - Regenstrief Institute; Felix Holl, PhD, MPH, M.Sc., FAMIA - Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences; Elizabeth Campbell, MS, MSPH, PhD - Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics; Farah Magrabi, PhD - Macquarie University, Australian Institite of Health Innovation;