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Monday, May 20, 2024 – Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Pollution and Health: Generating Evidence and Catalyzing Action to Advance Human and Planetary Health

Current models of industrialization and consumption are degrading the environment and polluting the world, causing 9 million premature deaths per year. In this conference, we challenged the Stanford community and external partners to brainstorm solutions for three major sources of pollution while emphasizing their effects on human health: coal-fired industry, wildfires, and plastic. Jumping off from successful interdisciplinary work underway in each area, we put forward a solutions-oriented interdisciplinary research agenda to foster a healthier and more sustainable future.
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Location

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Pollution results in over 9 million premature deaths annually. The ongoing degradation of the planet’s health is affecting people now more than ever. Current models of industrialization and consumption pollute the environment, erode biodiversity, and significantly contribute to death and illness - particularly among lower-income and historically marginalized populations. Transforming current economic structures and business models is critical to mitigating pollution and redirecting us towards sustainability.

Stanford’s Human and Planetary Health Initiative prioritizes reducing pollution, sustaining nature, and protecting human health. Sustainable business models are possible, rooted in regeneration.

In this conference, we challenge the Stanford community and our external partners to brainstorm solutions for three major sources of pollution while emphasizing their effects on human health: coal-fired industry, wildfires, and plastic. Jumping off from successful interdisciplinary work underway in each area, we will explore solutions that integrate elements of business, economics, public health, social sciences, and environmental sustainability. Our goal is to build new teams around three big research ideas and put forward an interdisciplinary research agenda to foster a healthier and more sustainable future.

 

Agenda

May 20, 2024 from 8:30am-6:30pm
May 21, 2024 from 8:00am-1:45pm

Full Conference Agenda

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Key Takeaways

Listen as professor William P. Barnett and Stanford student Charlotte Kramer host a discussion with Dr. Desiree LaBeaud, Professor of Pediatrics, and Dr. Stephen Luby, professor of medicine, to discuss the takeaways from this conference.

Keynote Speaker

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Francesca Dominici

Faculty Director, Harvard Data Science Initiative, Harvard University and Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population and Data Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Conference Organizers

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Dr. Steve Luby

Human and Planetary Health Faculty Director, Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

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Dr. Desiree LaBeaud

Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment & Professor, by courtesy, of Epidemiology & Population Health & Professor, by courtesy, of Environmental Social Science at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability