Symposium on Health and Global Climate Change, to be held September 11-12, 1995, Washington, DC

9529213气候和其他自然系统的变化可能以各种方式对健康和人类状况产生深远影响。自然系统的变化可以对人类生理产生直接影响，也可以通过改变疾病的发展和传播产生间接影响。应国家科学技术委员会(NSTC)环境与自然资源委员会(CENC)和白宫科技政策办公室(OSTP)的要求，医学研究所和国家研究委员会将于1995年9月在华盛顿召开为期两天的研讨会，讨论人类健康和全球环境变化之间的复杂相互作用。来自公共和私营部门的300多名科学家、卫生专业人员和关键决策者将参加旨在确定未来需要更多研究的人类健康-自然系统相互作用方面的讨论。出版的会议记录将有助于向更广泛的受众传播这些讨论的结果。一些协调委员会机构正在共同支持专题讨论会的规划和举办。这一奖励有效地提供了来自NSF(15,000美元)、美国国家航空航天局(25,000美元)和国家海洋和大气管理局(15,000美元)的支持。这次研讨会将是一次重要的聚会，聚集了许多不同社区的领导人，由于将人类健康和全球变化联系在一起的复杂动态，这些社区的利益相互交织。研讨会将为重要问题提供有价值的见解，并将为参与美国全球变化研究计划和其他与中央气候变化中心相关的活动的联邦机构提供指导。

9529213 SETLOW Changes in climate and other natural systems may have profound impacts on health and the human condition in a variety ways. Natural system changes can have direct impacts on human physiology, and they can have indirect affects by altering the development and transmission of disease. At the request of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council will convene a two-day symposium in Washington in September 1995 to address the complex interactions between human health and global environmental change. More than 300 scientists, health professionals, and key decision makers from the public and private sectors will participate in discussions designed to identify aspects of human health-natural systems interaction that require more research in the future. A published proceedings will help disseminate results of those discussions to a much broader audience. Support for the planning and conduct of the symposium is being shared by a number of CENR agencies. This award effectively provides support from NSF ($15,000), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($25,000), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($15,000). This symposium will be an important gathering that brings together leaders from a number of different communities whose interests intersect because of the complex dynamics that link human health and global change. The symposium will provide valuable insights into important problems, and it will provide guidance to federal agencies participating in the U.S. Global Change Research Program and other CENR-related activities.