Climate Change and Cardiovascular Disease Collaborative (CCC)

This session will introduce the Million Hearts^® Climate Change and Cardiovascular Disease Collaborative (CCC). It will provide an overview the health impacts of climate change and air pollution, explain how climate solutions can improve health and health equity, and provide examples of effective interventions at the bedside, health system, and policy levels. You can view the webinar here.

Speaker – Presentation Title

• Wayne E. Cascio, MD, FACC, FAHA – “Ambient Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Health: Ambient Particulate Matter”
• Dhruv S. Kazi, MD, MSc, MS, FAHA – “Climate Change and Cardiovascular Health: Implications for Clinicians”
• Rebecca Philipsborn, MD, MPA – “Climate Change in Medical Education”
• Ashwini Sehgal, MD – “Research and Quality Improvement”
• Kat Sisler, MPH, MPAff –  “ Review of Federal Toolkits and Resources”

This session will explore how particle pollution influences cardiovascular disease risk and identify examples of clinical interventions and resources that can improve the management of populations at highest risk. You can view the webinar here.

Speakers – Presentation Title

• Jason D. Sacks, MPH – “Particulate Matter (PM) and its Intersection with Climate Change”
• Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD – “The Mechanisms of Air Pollution Mediated Cardiovascular Disease”
• Cavin Ward-Caviness, PhD – “What are electronic health records (EHRs) telling us about the impacts of air pollution on cardiovascular health?”

Panel 1: Interventions

• Tim Watkins, MS – “Clinical Interventions to Address Particulate Matter and Heart Disease”
• Robert D Brook, MD – “Personal Protection from Air Pollution”

Panel 2: Practitioners

• Sarah Coefield, MS, MA, RS – “ Wildfire Smoke Affecting Communities/High Risk Individuals – Public Health’s Role: Perspective from Missoula, Montana”
• Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD, FACC – “PM and Clinical Care: Role of the Clinician”
• Gina Solomon, MD, MPH – “Vulnerable Communities: California Farmworkers”

This session will cover how the reduction of fossil fuel combustion aligns with cardiovascular disease prevention. The speakers will provide examples of community infrastructure that can mitigate the effects of particle pollution on cardiovascular health and identify resources to advance systemic solutions. You can view the webinar here.

Speakers – Presentation Title

• John Balbus, MD, MPH – Overview of connection between fossil fuel combustion and methane release reductions and cardiovascular health benefits
• Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH – “Good Doctors, We Must Assure the Conditions Where People Can Be Healthy”
• Lawrence D. Frank, PhD – “Health & Climate Change Impacts of the Built and Natural Environment: The National Public Health Assessment Model (N-PHAM)”
• Neal Fann, MPP – “Quantifying the Burden of Poor Air Quality: Techniques and Tools for Estimating the Impacts of Air Pollution on Health”
• Adele Houghton, AIA, MPH, LEED AP – “Designing the Built Environment to Promote Planetary and Heart Health: Case Studies at Multiple Scales”

This session will cover clinical interventions that can help mitigate the effects of extreme heat on patients with cardiovascular disease and how community infrastructure and policy interventions to prepare for extreme heat align with cardiovascular disease risk reduction. Presenters will also identify examples of tools and resources that can aid in interventions to mitigate extreme heat exposure. You can view the webinar here.

Speakers – Presentation Title

• Aaron Bernstein, MD MPH – “Part 1: Cardiovascular Disease and Heat” “Part 2: Actions Clinicians can Take to Help their Patients Beat the Heat”
• Kristen Finne, BA – “HHS emPOWER Program”
• Michael Reiner, MS – “Addressing the Intersection of Energy Insecurity and Extreme Heat”
• Ladd Keith, PhD – “Planning for Urban Heat Resilience”
• Jalonne L. White-Newsome, PhD – “Executive Actions to Advance Climate Resilience & Health”

This session will provide an overview of how the health sector contributes to air pollution and climate change, as well as how healthcare institutions can advance climate-informed patient care, climate mitigation, and community climate resilience. Presenters will also identify tools and resources that can help to inform your organization’s climate action. You can view part 1 of the webinar here, and part 2 of the webinar here.

Speakers – Presentation Title

• Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH – “Decarbonization in Health Care: Next Steps for Action”
• Jodi D. Sherman, MD – “Planetary Healthcare: What Clinicians Can Do”
• Robin Guenther, FAIA, LEED Fellow – “Safe Haven: Healthcare Infrastructure in an Era of Climate Change”
• Seema Wadhwa, ALM – “Environmental Stewardship – Connecting to the Health of Our Communities”