School of Medicine Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Cecilia Sorensen, MD

Health Professional Action in the Climate Crisis

Join us in person or virtually for a guest lecture, as we explore the current climate impacts on health, the impacts on health sector activities and ways in which health professionals are called to action.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

5-6 p.m. MST lecture followed by a reception from 6-7 p.m. MST for those attending in person in Phoenix.

6-7 p.m. CST

In-Person at:
Phoenix Health Sciences Campus
Doris S. Norton Ballroom
3100 N Central Ave
Phoenix AZ 85012

Park Central Parking Garage
150 W Catalina Dr Phoenix 85012
or Visitor parking lot, south of PHSC

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For those attending virtually, this program will be available through Zoom. Scroll down under Featured Activities to find the DLS activity.

No Cost | 1.0 CE Hours

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Cecilia Sorensen, MD
Director, Global Consortium on
Climate and Health Education
Columbia University

Designed For

Physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, fellows and students

Provided By

• Creighton University School of Medicine
• Creighton University Office of Continuing Education

Presented by Cecilia Sorensen, MD

Dr. Cecilia Sorensen is the Director of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education at Columbia University, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia Irving Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. As a physician-investigator at the nexus of climate change and human health, translating research into policy, clinical action, and education to build resilience in vulnerable communities are all focus of of her research. Her recent work spans domestic as well as international emergent health issues related to climate change, including extreme heat, degraded air quality, extreme weather events, emerging infectious diseases, women?s health, and worker health. Dr. Sorensen is a member of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change and serves on the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative for Decarbonization of the U.S. Health Sector. She is the co-editor of the textbook Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice.

Education Credit

Category 1
Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.

Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse CE
Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this activity for 1.0 contact hour for nurses. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.

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