Organizing Change Toward Health Equity (Epidemic Urbanism)

October 7, 2022
Online

Friday, October 7, 2022, 12-1:30pm US ET (via Zoom)

This panel will center on critical dialogues about the roles that organizations can play in educating the public on the role of the built environment on public health, with a particular focus on implications for global health and health equity. The panel will be chaired by Thomas Fisher and will feature the following panelists: Giselle Sebag, International Society for Urban Health; Sharmin Kader, Environmental Design Research Association; Sharon Roerty, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Alan Logan, Nova Institute for Health.

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