Climate change and shifts in the hydrologic cycle are affecting the world's water resources, the availability of food, and human health. Realizing that an integrated approach was the only way to solve such problems, the National Science Foundation created a multidisciplinary program to prepare scientists.

At this symposium, scientists and graduate student researchers will discuss their work towards understanding the impact of climate change throughout the world.

Schedule of Events

All events take place in Gilman Hall, Room 50, unless otherwise noted.

8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks and Introduction of Dean
Marsha Wills-Karp
Chair, Johns Hopkins Department of Environmental Health and Engineering

8:35 a.m.
Welcome
T.E. Schlesinger
Benjamin T. Rome Dean, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

8:50 a.m.
Introduction to the Colloquium
Grace Brush
Professor, Johns Hopkins Department of Environmental Health and Engineering

9 a.m.
"EcoCampus, a meeting place for sustainability education, research, development, and implementation"
Alexander Zehnder
Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University

10 a.m.
"It's raining, it's pouring, the sewage is overflowing"
Joan Rose
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University

10:45 a.m.
IGERT Student Presentations

11:15 a.m.
"Health Risks of Climate Change"
Kristi Ebi
Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment
Rohm and HAAS Endowed Professor in Public Health Sciences, University of Washington

12:15 to 2 p.m.
Lunch
Attendees are invited to attend lunch at the Hopkins Club. Space is limited. Only 80 registrants will be able to register to attend. Please note your interest in attending the lunch during registration.

2:30 p.m.
IGERT Student Presentations

3 p.m.
"The impact of single and combined water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhea and child growth in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: A coordinated pair of cluster-randomized trials"
Jack Colford
Professor of Epidemiology, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

4 p.m.
IGERT Student Presentations

4:30 p.m.
General Discussion

5 to 7 p.m.
Reception and Poster Session
Gilman Atrium

Water, Climate, and Health NSF IGERT Program Symposium