114 - Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: A View From the Melting Arctic

Friday, October 18, 2024

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US PT

Location: Petree C

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Jay Butler, MD (he/him/his)

Former Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer
Alaska Dept of Health and Social Services
Anchorage, AK, United States
Ruth Lynfield, MD (she/her/hers)

State Epidemiologist and Medical Director
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN, United States

Faculty(s)

Emily Jenkins, PhD, DVM (she/her/hers)

Professor
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Anders Koch, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor, consultant
Statens Serum Institut
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan Semenza, PhD, MS, MPH (he/him/his)

Researcher
Univeristy of Umeå, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden

Disclosure(s):

Jay C. Butler, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Ruth Lynfield, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Emily Jenkins, PhD, DVM: No financial relationships to disclose

Anders Koch, MD, PhD: Gilead Science: Support to attend ID Week 2022 in Boston (plane ticket, registration, and accomodation) (Terminated, October 16, 2023)

Jan C. Semenza, PhD, MS, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the impact of climate change in the arctic;
describe the risk of infectious disease outbreaks from melting permafrost;
explain the steps being taken to monitor the northward spread of pathogens and their vectors and build resiliency against outbreaks.

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM US PT

A One Health understanding of shifting zoonoses in the Arctic
Speaker: Emily Jenkins, PhD, DVM (she/her/hers) – University of Saskatchewan
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM US PT

Adaptions of microbial populations in the Arctic
Speaker: Jay C. Butler, MD (he/him/his) – Alaska Dept of Health and Social Services
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM US PT

Building resiliency to address climate sensitive infectious disease
Speaker: Jan C. Semenza, PhD, MS, MPH (he/him/his) – Univeristy of Umeå, Sweden