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Heat, Floods, Breathing, and Bugs: Health Impacts of the Ecological Crisis and How Healthcare Can Respond

CHA Earth Day Webinar

Climate change is increasingly affecting the health of communities across the United States. This Earth Day webinar will examine how rising temperatures are leading to more frequent and severe heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods, events that pose growing risks to both physical and mental health.

Dr. Sheetal Rao, an internal medicine physician and assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will discuss how these adverse weather events harm people and which communities are disproportionately affected. She will also share ways health care organizations can prepare to meet this growing threat to human health.

Registration

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Date
Mar 25, 2026
Time
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Registration Fee
CHA Members:
$0
Non-Members:
$0
This webinar is categorized as common good and is offered at no cost.

Event Speakers

Dr. Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD

Dr. Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Academic Internal Medicine

University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)