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Oct 15

STEP Book Talk: Dr. William Rom on a life exploring climate change and global public health

Join the Center for Science Technology and Environmental Policy for a STEP Seminar with Dr. William Rom, Global Distinguished Professor of Environmental Health at the NYU School of Global Public Health and author of Climate Change and Global Public Health and Adventure Is in His DNA: Exploring the Boundary Waters, Skiing, and Academic Medicine. He will discuss his latest book, and his long career of examining the connections between climate change and public health.

Public
Hybrid
Date October 15, 2026
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
location Wilkins Room 215, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 301 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455
organizer

Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy; Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Advancing Climate Solutions. Now.

About the Speaker

William N. Rom MD, MPH is the Global Distinguished Professor of Environmental Health at NYU School of Global Public Health and the Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor for Medicine, Emeritus, at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is the author of Canoe Country Wilderness and has edited multiple editions of Tuberculosis, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and Climate Change and Global Public Health. He has taught environmental health and climate change at the NYU School of Global Public Health since 2015

STEP Seminars are open to all and light refreshments are provided for in-person attendees. 

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