Public Health Dialogues to host climate change panel discussion

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Robert Duval, Ph.D., interim chair of the West Virginia University Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, will moderate a panel discussion on climate change and population health on Friday, Feb. 6 at the WVU Health Sciences Center’s Okey Patteson Auditorium.

The panel will include: Heather Basara, Ph.D., assistant professor in the WVU Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences; Yong-Lak Park, Ph.D., assistant professor of entomology in the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design Division of Plant and Soil Sciences; and Brent McCusker, Ph.D., associate professor and associate chair of geography in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.   

The Public Health Dialogues Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Doors open at noon, and the discussion will begin at 12:15 p.m.  

Those interested in attending can RSVP at SPH-Dialogues@hsc.wvu.edu  to reserve a complimentary lunch.