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Whole Health for People and Planet
October 16-17, 2024

A Planetary Health Summit hosted by Osher Center for Integrative Health at ¶¶Òõ̽̽

  • Wednesday, October 16, 5:30-8:00 pm: Keynote & Poster Reception featuring Molly Kawahata 
    In-person at Hula Lakeside has reached capacity.
  • Thursday, October 17, 8:00 am-3:30 pm: Presentations & Discussions 
    In-person at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Alumni House has reached capacity.

The Whole Health for People and Planet Summit brings members of the  and the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ community together to address challenges to human and planetary health. As part of the University-wide Planetary Health Initiative, this event will explore cross-discipline connections and inspire action so that both people and planet can thrive.  

Works presented and solutions-based discussions are structured on the foundational principles of: 

  • Whole Health (complete physical, mental, social, spiritual, community, and ecological well-being)
  • Reciprocity (the idea that human and planetary health are inextricably linked)
  • Relationships
  • Hope

Summit Details

Agenda

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Objectives

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  • To provide an opportunity to come together to discuss the connections between integrative health and planetary health.
  • To identify shared goals, synergies, strengths, priorities, and pathways forward in collaborating on planetary health work across the Osher Collaborative and the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Community.
  • To showcase current planetary health-related work at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ and within our Vermont communities.

Planning Committee

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Christine Vatovec PhDPlanetary Health Lead, Osher Center for Integrative Health Vermont
Cara Feldman-Hunt MA NBC-HWC  Associate Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health Vermont
Cara Feldman-Hunt
Jon Porter, MDDirector, Osher Center for Integrative Health Vermont
Aterah Nusrat, MSc. DICSenior Program Manager, Director of Programming in Integrative Medicine
and Planetary Health, Osher Center for Integrative Health Harvard University
Beth Zigmund MDDiagnostic Radiologist, University of Vermont Medical Center
Jackie HayesOsher Center for Integrative Health Vermont
Geeda Searfoorce, MFAStrategic Communications Manager, Osher Center for Integrative Health Vermont
Katherine Elmer NBC-HWCHerbalist, Health and Wellness Coach, Osher Center for Integrative Health Vermont
Brenda Loew DAOM, Dipl.AcOsher Center for Integrative Health Washington, Seattle; 
Planetary Health, Research, and Acupuncture Committees Osher Collaborative
Erika Ziller PhDDirector of Health Services Research, Larner College of Medicine,
University of Vermont
Andrew Rosenfeld MDChild and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Vermont Medical Center
Dan QuinlanGund Affiliate, Founder, SolaVida
Ann Vertovec MDHealth System Clinician, Emergency Medicine, Osher Center for Integrative
Health Northwestern
Anisha Durve DOMAcupuncturist, Ayurvedic practitioner, Ayur-yoga therapist, meditation
instructor,Osher Center for Integrative Health Miami
Molly Kawahata

Keynote on October 16: Molly Kawahata

Award-winning speaker, strategist, advocate, and former Climate Advisor at the Obama White House Molly Kawahata joins us for A Hopeful Horizon for Climate: Bridging Communications, Cognition, and the Science of Hope. This free, in-person event will be at Hula Lakeside in Burlington.

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