Academy of Medical Sciences & The Lancet International Health Lecture 2024
Date: 17 October, 2024 Location: In person at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and online
Participation details
DATE: 17 October, 2024 from 15:30 BST.
VENUE: Virtual and in person at the Royal Institute of British Architects
Free and open to all.
About the workshop
The 2024 International Health Lecture, “Climate crisis, cities and health“, will be delivered by Professor Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, a world-leading environmental, epidemiology and health impact expert from ISGlobal and UBDPolicy researcher.
- Dr Marina Romanello, Executive Director of The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change
- Dr Maria Neira, Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation
- Professor Niheer Dasandi, Professor of Global Politics and Sustainable Development, University of Birmingham
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session, chaired by Professor Richard Horton OBE FRCP FMedSci, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, and Professor Tom Solomon CBE FRCP FMedSci, Vice President (International) at the Academy of Medical Sciences. A networking reception will follow for in-person attendees.
Find out more
- View the accompanying lecture slides
- Watch the full presentation.
- The manuscript of the lecture has now been published in The Lancet online: Climate crisis, cities, and health – The Lancet
