Climate and Health Accelerator Convening
26 April - 3 May 2025
The first in-person convening of the Climate and Health Accelerator Fellows, hosted by the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole and the Pasteur Network, was held from 26 April to 3 May 2025. HKJCGHI was one of the collaborators for the event, which featured expert-led lectures, interactive workshops, and collaborative sessions covering themes including epidemiological modeling, GIS and climate data analysis, smart cities, media engagement, and policy transformation.
Professor Florian Marks, Co-Director of HKJCGHI & Deputy Director General of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, International Vaccine Institute (IVI), and Ms Kristi Prifti, Researcher of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, IVI, were invited as speakers for the convening.
For more details of the convening, please visit: https://pasteur-network.org/news/building-climate-resilient-health-leadership-pasteur-network-fellows-convene-in-hong-kong/
Group Photo (From Left to Right: Ms Kristi Prifti, Researcher of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, IVI; Ms Kathleen Victoir, Senior Scientific Officer, Scientific Cooperation and Training, Pasteur Network; Professor Leo Lit-man Poon, Co-Director of HKJCGHI & Chair Professor of Public Health Virology from the School of Public Health of LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU; Professor Florian Marks, Co-Director of HKJCGHI & Deputy Director General of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, IVI)
Professor Florian Marks, Co-Director of HKJCGHI and Deputy Director General of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, International Vaccine Institute, introduced the background of HKJCGHI to the participants.
Ms Kristi Prifti, Researcher of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, International Vaccine Institute, shared her insights on “Pathogens on the Move: The Climate–Vaccine Nexus” with the participants.
Group Photo (From Left to Right: Ms Kristi Prifti, Researcher of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, IVI; Ms Kathleen Victoir, Senior Scientific Officer, Scientific Cooperation and Training, Pasteur Network; Professor Leo Lit-man Poon, Co-Director of HKJCGHI & Chair Professor of Public Health Virology from the School of Public Health of LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU; Professor Florian Marks, Co-Director of HKJCGHI & Deputy Director General of Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit, IVI)
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