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Couldn't make it to our symposium, "The Climate Crisis and the Future of Infectious Diseases," last week with @museumofscience.bsky.social? You can watch the full recording, including a powerful keynote address by @adilnajam.bsky.social, here! spr.ly/633287z0Ka

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The Climate Crisis and the Future of Infectious Diseases On Oct. 30, 2025, CEID hosted "The Climate Crisis and the Future of Infectious Diseases" in partnership with Boston's Museum of Science. As part of the museum’s 2025 theme of “Being Human,” this symposium addressed climate change and its impacts across the health of humans, animals, and the environment. The symposium’s overall objectives are to: • Provide greater understanding of what climate change impacts on infectious diseases are and why they matter; • Define the threats that climate change poses to the spectrum of One Health and what we can expect to see in the future; • Discuss what steps are being taken to mitigate these threats. 0:00 Welcome by Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, CEID Founding Director 5:32 Opening remarks by Tim Ritchie, President of Museum of Science 10:39 Address by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) 14:58 Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, with panelists Dr. Marissa Hauptman, Chief Medical Advisor at the Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Dr. Britta Lassmann, Co-Director of the Biothreats Emergence Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON); Dr. Syra Madad, Senior Director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals and Health; and Dr. Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability 1:29:28 Keynote address by Dr. Adil Najam, President of WWF International http://spr.ly/633287z0Ka