2025 Laura Mann Integrative Health Lecture Series:

The Role of Medicine in Planetary Health
Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH
Monday, January 6
8:00 – 9:00 am
Presented during Family Medicine Grand Rounds in person at UVM Medical Center Davis Auditorium and online via Zoom.

We hope you can join us for these upcoming events featuring Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H. at the beginning of 2025. Dr. Patz is joining UVM as a Macmillan Scholar in Residence at the Gund Institute for Environment for two weeks in January 2025. Dr. Patz’s visit will support our efforts in building cross-campus collaborations around UVM’s new Planetary Health Initiative. #thisisplanetaryhealth

PLUS!

From Climate Change Evidence to Action: Accelerating Pathways for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet

Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH

Tuesday, January 21

4:00 - 5:00 pm 

Davis Center Silver Maple (Room: 401, Davis Center, 590 Main Street, Burlington) 

Planetary Health Perspectives: Flash Talks, Q&A, and Conversations
Featuring an expert panel

Friday, January 24

4:00 - 6:30 pm

Alumni House – Silver Pavilion 61 Summit Street, Burlington

• Timothy Bowles, University of California Berkeley
• Victoria Bortfield, Clemson University
• Matt Browning, Clemson University
• Monika Derrien, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Lora Fleming, University of Exeter
• Howard Frumkin, Trust for Public Land and University of Washington
• Peter James, Harvard University
• Michele Kondo, U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station
• Alexandra Lawrence, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin
• Amber Pearson, Michigan State University
• Jen Roberts, University of Maryland

Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and the John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment with appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Patz served as the Inaugural Director of UW’s Global Health Institute and continues to direct the Planetary Health Scholars Program. 

For 15 years, Patz served as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the organization that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He also served as Health Co-Chair for the first US National Climate Assessment and in 2019, was elected into the U.S. National Academy of Medicine for his pioneering research on climate change and human health. Dr. Patz is currently developing a 9-credit graduate Certificate in Planetary Health for health professional students at the University of Wisconsin.