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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

💻 Don’t miss this conversation at the intersection of climate, equity, and community. Watch now: youtu.be/3W17kq4oqEM

📚 Learn. Share. Take action.

#UCClimateHealth #ClimateJustice #EquityMatters #WildfireResponse

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

(What you'll learn) What this webinar covers:

How wildfire trauma affects mental health
Financial & housing instability
Food insecurity post-disaster
Disproportionate impacts on low-income communities
Community-led recovery

#ClimateHealth #Resilience #WildfireRecovery

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

🔥 Wildfires don’t just burn land — they disrupt lives. Financial stress, housing loss, food insecurity, and long-term mental health impacts hit hardest in already vulnerable communities.

📽️ Watch this important webinar: youtu.be/3W17kq4oqEM

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

💥 We’re advancing research that reveals how systemic injustice fuels climate-related health risks — and turning that knowledge into action.

Solutions must come from the ground up — community-led and community-powered.

#EnvironmentalJustice #ECOHealth

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

🔥 ECO-Health is training a new generation of researchers — diverse, equity-centered, and community-rooted.

We're not just studying the problems — we're shaping the solutions.
Join the movement. #ClimateAction #EquityInResearch

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

🌎 Climate change impacts *all* of us — but not equally.
At the University of California, the new **ECO-Health Center** is rising to meet this challenge.

Together, we’re building solutions *with* communities, *for* communities.

#ClimateJustice #HealthEquity

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

📊 Workshop Part II: Advanced Climate Epidemiology
📅 11/4, 9–11am (PT)

Level up with mediation analysis, ML approaches, & quasi-experimental methods for climate-health research.

👉 Register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

🧪 Workshop Part I: Intro to Environmental Epidemiology
📅 10/28, 9–11am (PT)

Dive into causal inference, time series modeling & case-crossover design for climate + health.

👉 Register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · 19d

🌍🔥 Curious about climate + health research?

ECO-Health is launching applied workshops to boost your skills & impact. Open to early-career + seasoned researchers!

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Yale Center on Climate Change and Health @cchyale.bsky.social · 26d

🌍 On Thursday, September 25, 2025, join @cchyale.bsky.social & The New York Academy of Medicine for our flagship event on sustainable health systems during Climate Week NYC! 🌿

Learn more & register today: HealthSystemsClimateAction.com

#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare #YCCCH #NYAM

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Grist @grist.org · 25d

The 2025 Grist 50 list is here! Meet 50 innovative climate leaders who are applying their strengths, creativity, and time to tackling the biggest problems our planet faces.

grist.org/fix/grist-50...

Supported by @nrdc.org

#Climate #Media #Art #Policy #Technology #Environment #Energy

Introducing the 2025 Grist 50 list

Climate solutions are more important now than ever. Read about 50 leaders shaping the future of climate progress.

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Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education @gcche.bsky.social · 23d

Want help integrating climate change into your health professional curriculum? Join GCCHE’s Office Hours to Develop Climate & Health Curricula to share challenges, get personalized support, and grow your network.
Register: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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UCSF Prevention @ucsfprevention.bsky.social · Sep 8

The federal gov’t is demanding $1B from UCLA—a move that would devastate UC. It threatens health care, research, jobs, and access to education.

📣 Your voice matters. Stand up for UC:

www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Sep 8

"The biggest threat to human health ever seen is in front of us right now," says Dr. Weiser.

We must center climate change in medical education — and act boldly.

Learn how UCSF is leading the way.

📖 Read more ➡️ magazine.ucsf.edu/climate-cris...

#ClimateJustice #MedicalEducation

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Sep 8

💥 UCSF students now learn how anesthetic gases, imaging, and even psychiatric meds link to climate risks.

And they're training faculty across ALL six UC health campuses to do the same.

This is how we prepare future doctors for a hotter, more volatile world.

climatehealth.ucsf.edu

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔥 The climate crisis isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a health emergency.
At UCSF, Drs. Sheri Weiser and Arianne Teherani are showing how to lead change from the classroom to the clinic. #ClimateHealth #MedicalEducation

🔗 magazine.ucsf.edu/climate-cris... ➡️

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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · Aug 25

A new study shows the immense health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, with communities of color bearing the brunt of harm. Given the administration's reckless deregulation and push for more oil and gas, these results should be a "flashing red warning light for the nation."

Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study

Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm

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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌡️ Because of climate change, children are experiencing more and more extremely hot days, putting their health, well-being, and development at risk. Learn more in this new resource from @climatecentral.org. #ClimateMatters

Childhood Heat Risk is Rising | Climate Central

Because of climate change, younger people today are experiencing far more extreme heat during childhood than previous generations did.

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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · Aug 21

⬇️ An incredibly powerful read from @jeffgoodell.bsky.social on the politics of heat.

"The faster our world heats up, the faster the divide between the cooled and the cooked will widen. Ultimately, it is symptomatic of the larger injustice of the climate crisis..."

Opinion | The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Aug 25

Emotion, healing & the nervous system Dr. Philippe Goldin (UC Davis) dives into how we can regulate emotion and build neural resilience after climate disasters.

Watch the full event ➡️ youtu.be/-ri8bmBcKvs?... #NeuroHealing #ClimateAction

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fire brain, trauma & healing Dr. Jyoti Mishra (UCSD) explores climate trauma, resilience education, and practices to protect mental health in a warming world.

#ClimateTrauma #Resilience

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Aug 25

Climate disasters & children’s brains Dr. Burcin Ikiz (EcoNeuro) shares how disasters affect kids' neurological development — and how to raise awareness.

#ClimateForKids #NeuroAwareness

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Aug 25

🔥 Wildfires & the Brain Dr. Joan Casey (UW) breaks down how wildfire smoke exposure affects cognitive health — and who's most at risk.

#WildfireSmoke #BrainHealth

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Aug 25

Opening & closing remarks by Dr. Arianne Teherani (UCSF), co-founder of the UC Center for Climate Health and Equity.

Moderated by Dr. Tarik Benmarhnia (UCSD), expert in climate epidemiology. #ClimateResilience #PublicHealth

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ECO-Health UC @ecohealth.bsky.social · Aug 25

🔥 Climate & Brain Health Webinar Series/

Join us for a powerful discussion on how climate disasters like wildfires impact the brain and cognitive function — and what we can do about it. 🎥

youtu.be/-ri8bmBcKvs?... #ClimateHealth #NeuroScience #UCSF

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