Thursday, May 1, 2025 • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
222 Richmond St, Providence, RI
The Planetary Health Initiative within the Division of Biology and Medicine invites all members of the Brown community to explore the intersection of human health and environmental change at a day-long symposium on May 1st at the Warren Alpert Medical School. The event will feature the 2025 Levinger Lecture delivered by Dr. Sam Myers, Executive Director of the Planetary Health Alliance and Founder of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health.
The day will include a dynamic mix of presentations, including a showcase of student research efforts in planetary health and a plenary session on climate change and emerging fungal pathogens. There will also be interactive workshops and panels covering topics such as climate modeling, environmental exposures, food systems sustainability, and planetary health advocacy. Attendees will have networking opportunities during lunch and a closing reception, fostering collaboration and engagement across the Brown community.
Check-in and registration will be held on in the first floor atrium of the medical school. Symposium will be held in rooms 160 & 170. Keynote speaker sessions will be live streamed. Please click on the registration tab to register.
About the Speaker
Through his research, writing, and leadership of the Planetary Health Alliance and Institute for Planetary Health, Sam Myers, MD, MPH is a pioneer in developing and growing the field of Planetary Health.
About the Lecture
The Paul Levinger Professorship Pro Tem in the Economics of Health Care was endowed in 1987 to honor the memory of Paul Levinger by his wife, the late Ruth N. Levinger, and his daughter and son-in-law, Bette Levinger Cohen and the late John M. Cohen, MD ’59.