Day 2 Keynote: The Changing Climate of Infectious Diseases and Sepsis (CE Session)
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/26/2024 at 7:20 AM (PDT)
Description:
Date/Time: September 26, 2024 | 10:20 - 10:50 am ET
Climate change is an all-encompassing crisis affecting all aspects of human health and disease. Local manifestations of the warming earth, such as shorter winters, changes in precipitation, and increased frequency of extreme weather events, will cause worldwide changes in the pathogens, and their vectors, responsible for severe infections including sepsis. These changes will alter infectious disease epidemiology in the US and internationally as traditionally accepted regions of disease acquisition lose relevance, seasonal associations change, and new pathogens emerge. This keynote talk will provide an overview of these changes, with an emphasis on pathogens that can cause sepsis.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, the learner should be able to:
- Review the different ways that climate change affects vector-borne, zoonotic, and waterborne diseases;
- Describe how climate change can lead to the development and transmission of novel human pathogens;
- Explain the underlying factors associated with climate change that will alter the traditional epidemiology of infectious diseases.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Matthew C. Phillips, MD, PhD
Clinical and Research Fellow
Massachussetts General Hospital
Matthew C. Phillips, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist associated with Harvard Medical School currently practicing infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, Massachusetts. He did his undergraduate training at the University of Miami in marine and atmospheric science before attending the Miller School of Medicine, receiving his MD and PhD in microbiology and immunology. He completed residency training in internal medicine at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center before moving to Boston to complete fellowship training in infectious diseases at MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is currently a Clinical and Research Fellow at MGH. His research interests involve applying a one health approach, looking at the intersection between human, animal, and environmental health, to pressing infectious disease challenges like antimicrobial resistance especially in the context of how climate change affects human pathogens.
Summit 2024 Session: Day 2 Keynote: The Changing Climate of Infectious Diseases and Sepsis (CE Session)
Session Day/Time: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM EST
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 0.6 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 0.5 contact hours.
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