Upcoming Event: “Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change & Health”

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The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host an event titled “Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change & Health” on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Metcalf Trustee Center at One Silber Way. Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos will moderate a panel discussion following a keynote address by Dasho Benji, a special advisor to the National Environmental Commission and the founder of the Bhutan Trust for Environment and Conservation.

This event is co-hosted by the BU School of Public Health, the BU Center for Global Health and Development, the Bhutan Foundation, and the Pardee Center.

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Keynote Address:
Dasho Benji
Founder of the Bhutan Trust for Environment and Conservation and currently a special advisor to the National Environmental Commission. He has served in a variety of roles in the Government of Bhutan since 1966.

Panel Moderator:
Prof. Anthony Janetos
Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future

Panelists:
Rich Feeley, Former Chair of the Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH)
Kristin Johnson, DrPH Candidate BUSPH, worked with a Bhutanese AIDS NGO in 2014
Dr. James Richter, Massachusetts General Hospital, currently studying the etiology of stomach cancer in Bhutan
Tshering Dukpa, Kysar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences
Tshewang Wangchuk, Executive Director, Bhutan Foundation