**POSTPONED** Health on a Heating Planet with Dr. Kirsten Ek

Summer may have come and gone, but the effects of climate change have not.  Please join us for this important talk presented by hospital physician Dr. Kirsten Ek, MD, FACP.  Dr. Ek will provide a physician’s perspective on the urgent issue of our warming planet, discussing the serious implications of failing to protect our atmosphere and how it will ultimately impact our health. 

Dr. Ek completed her medical degree and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Connecticut, and holds a public health certificate on Climate Change & Health from Yale University.  She is involved in both undergraduate and graduate medical education, including community-informed health and environmental topics to the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry curriculum, and directs the Internal Medicine Residency's Community Health Alliance Track. She is a member of UC Health’s Sustainability Committee. She is on the board of directors for Connecticut Health Professionals for Climate Action, and on the steering committee of the Connecticut Coalition for Climate Action.