Join the Durham Medical Orchestra, CACHE, and other sponsors for a moving and uplifting concert that explores climate change — and what we can do about it —through music.

PRE-CONCERT SPEAKERS, 2:15-2:45pm

• Steven Bryant, composer

• Nichola Clark, senior officer, ocean governance, Pew Charitable Trusts

• Tony Huang, M.D., M.H.S., professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at Duke University Medical Center

PROGRAM, 3pm

• Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral Symphony”) in F major, Ludwig van Beethoven

• The Automatic Earth, Steven Bryant

  • Interested in co-commissioning the arrangement of The Automatic Earth for full symphony orchestra and electronics? More information here.

• City Trees (orchestral version originally commissioned by DMO in 2015), Michael Markowski

• As Glaciers Thaw, Peter Askim

• Earth, Penka Kouneva

Free admission (donations gratefully accepted). For additional information, please visit: https://www.dmomusic.org/orchestrating-change/

December 9, 2022: Impact of the Climate Crisis on Pregnancy and Neonatal Health

Speaker: Jennifer Runkle, PhD, NC State/North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS) and the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS) within the academic arm of NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Target Audience

Physicians, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and all health care professionals.

Program Description

The North Carolina Clinicians for Climate Action (NCCCA) Climate Resilience in Medical Practice Grand Rounds examines the health implications of climate change for our patients and communities and offers strategies to address prevention and emerging needs in clinical practice. Monthly grand rounds talks will address concerns and practice considerations related to heat-related illness, maternal health, mental health, pediatric practice, dermatology, and more.

Objectives

Upon completion of this knowledge-based course, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss NC health and community vulnerabilities related to climate change.

• Examine the intersection between climate change, equity, and sustainability.

• Identify tools for cultivating resilience in response to climate change.

Brochures with the session information and Zoom link are updated monthly.

Join NCCCA, VCCA, and GCCA in the discussion of heat illness with Dr. Chip Konrad.

Dr. Konrad is a Professor of Geography at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Director of the NOAA Southeast Regional Climate Center. He is a climatologist who studies extreme weather and its impacts on society.

In this talk, the nature of heat illness is described across the Southeast U.S. through both the research carried out across the urban-rural continuum of North Carolina and the engagement with public health professionals and high school athletic personnel. The geographical patterns of heat illness are unveiled along with the climatic and socioeconomic factors that drive this variation. Lastly, efforts to reduce heat illness in vulnerable populations are delineated.

FREE, registration required:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nJF72YO3Rs-xyK3GaqyKLA