Climate Crisis as Public Health Crisis: A Regional Perspective

Date of Event

11-16-2021

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Bob Lutz, MD, MPH, is a Board-Certified Family Medicine physician, and holds adjunct faculty positions with the University of Washington School of Medicine and Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Temple University in 1988, and a Master of Public Health from the University of Arizona in 2003. Upon moving to Spokane, WA in 2004 with his wife, Amy, he served on the Spokane Regional Health District’s Board of Health for eight years, until being appointed as the Health Officer for Spokane County, WA from 2017-2020. He currently serves as the Health Officer for Asotin County, WA, is a member of the Washington State Board of Health, representing local public health, and is the Medical Advisor for the COVID-19 Response for the Washington Department of Health.

Amber Lenhart (she/her) was born and raised in the Spokane area and received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Washington. Ms. Lenhart worked to improve the health of all people through local and state policy change while working for Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, DC, and most recently served as the Spokane Regional Health District's policy specialist. As a national expert in health equity through policy change, Ms. Lenhart has worked and lectured on the health impacts of systemic racism, unhealthy housing, childhood lead exposure, disasters and climate change, and the built environment.

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