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Living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with education, health behaviors, stress, mortality and disease. These associations have been recognized for decades, yet applications of these concepts have been limited in fields of health policy and health delivery. Amy Kind, MD, Ph.D., associate professor in the UW-Madison Department of Medicine and associate director of…

The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine, and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement are hosting the joint workshop on Protecting the Health and Wellbeing of Communities in a Changing Climate. The meeting will explore the implications of climate change for population health and potential strategies public health, environmental health, health care and…

Helen Sarakinos, executive director of the REAP Food Group, is part of the Caring for Creation Series at Bethel Lutheran Church. Sarakinos is a seasoned advocate and organizer for issues that impact our community’s children’s citizens, food, and water. In her presentation, she will talk about the work of REAP Food Group, which has become a…

Andrea Hicks, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, looks at the environmental, economic and societal impacts of our evolving technology. Tools such as life-cycle assessment and agent-based modeling allow for the quantification of these impacts, and generate an understanding of potential unintended consequences. Hicks will explore these by looking at products such as energy-efficient…