The Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, together with the UMB Office of Sustainability, will host the 2025 Climate Health Symposium in April.
The Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Office of Sustainability will jointly host the second annual Climate Health Symposium in April 2025.
The event will take place April 24 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on the UMB campus in Baltimore at 621 W. Lombard St.
Registration and more event details will be available soon.
Mark your calendar for this event that brings together some of the world’s foremost experts in infectious diseases, public health, and policy to address the critical and growing intersection of climate change and global health.
CVD has long been at the forefront of tackling infectious diseases and promoting global health equity, and this symposium reflects its commitment to addressing the emerging challenges of our time. With the increasing urgency of climate-related health threats, the 2025 Climate Health Symposium will serve as a vital platform to advance dialogue, spark innovative ideas, and inspire action among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike.
Last year’s event featured UMSOM’s Andrea Buchwald, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics. Buchwald is an infectious disease epidemiologist with long-term interests in infection transmission, the impacts of climate change on infectious diseases, maternal child health, and the use of immunological data to inform intervention design. She recently received a grant to further study the impact of climate change on health. Other faculty at the event included Shiladitya DasSarma, PhD, professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.