MSGH Faculty Discuss Planetary Health in Thought Leadership Event
Planetary Health is an interdisciplinary field and movement that seeks to create solutions for the most pressing global health and environmental challenges of our time.
In the webinar "Planetary Health: Environmental Challenges and Global Health Solutions" held on February 8, 2024, faculty members and planetary health leaders from Northwestern's MS in Global Health program delved into the state of planetary health, current challenges, and potential solutions. Participants walked away from the webinar with a better understanding of the grand health and ecological challenges ahead of us, and how we can contribute to improving our and our planet's health.
Meet Northwestern SPS Thought Leadership Event Speakers
Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD is faculty director of the Northwestern SPS Master of Science in Global Health program. She is also Director of The Center for Global Health Education in the Institute for Global Health at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.
Carlos A. Faerron Guzmán, MD, MSc is Director of The InterAmerican Center for Global Health (CISG) and the Associate Director of Planetary Health Alliance (PHA). He is a faculty member of the Northwestern SPS Master of Science in Global Health program.
About the Northwestern SPS Thought Leadership Event Series
This event was part of the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies Thought Leadership Series, a program of online events featuring a wide range of compelling topics and thoughtfully led conversations throughout the 2023–24 academic year.
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