Beyond the Disaster: Protecting Health from Impact to Recovery
What happens after a disaster is often just as important as the disaster itself.
As temperatures continue to rise globally, disasters are becoming increasingly complex. Beyond the immediate impacts, communities may face disrupted healthcare, displacement, worsening chronic conditions, and heightened risks from environmental stressors such as heat.
Last month, in collaboration with Fukushima Medical University, we welcomed NUS students, first responders, researchers, and public health professionals to our public seminar, Beyond the Disaster: Protecting Health from Impact to Recovery.
A special thank you to Prof Masaharu Tsubokura and Ms Momoka Yamamura from Fukushima Medical University, as well as Dr Shawn Tan from the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre, for their insightful presentations. The seminar concluded with an engaging panel discussion on how we can better protect health and strengthen resilience before, during, and after disasters.
🎥 Missed the seminar? The full recording is now available on the HRPC YouTube channel. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/lsTr7A_ND4g?si=3tRG0YRFRB-FpOVO
Environmental Heat Risks and Impacts on Human Health Across the Lifespan
Hear from leading voices on:
👥 The epidemiological evidence on heat-health and the development of effective heat warning systems (Dr Candice Lung, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
🤰 Impacts of heat exposure on maternal and child health (Prof Hsing Jasmine Chao, Taipei Medical University)
👶 Physiological and behavioural responses of children exercising in tropical heat (Ms Vanes Tay, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine)
Understanding of Heat-Health Impact in Subtropical High-density Cities: An Experience from Hong Kong
This lecture, given by Prof Ren Chao from the University of Hong Kong, will share new findings of the current situation of extreme hot weather in Hong Kong and the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration to bridge the scientific world and society.
The Impact of Climate Change on Heat-Related Illnesses
The seminar, titled “The Impact of Climate Change on Heat-Related Illnesses”, will bring experts together and promote collaboration in the realm of heat health research. The talks will encompass a wide range of topics, which include the nature of extreme heat events, the impact of extreme heat on each nation’s health, mechanisms underlying heat-related illnesses and strategies to manage these illnesses.
THERMAL RESILIENCE – An Interdisciplinary Discussion on Heat, Society, and Environment
Rising temperatures brought about by the climate crisis are introducing new vulnerabilities and precarities to the health of our communities, the manner we work, and the way we dwell in our environment. What are these vulnerabilities and precarities? How are they reconfiguring our socio-environmental practices? How are researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds responding to these challenges?
First Responders Safety & Performance Symposium 2023
Themed “From Response to Resilience”, the symposium serves as a key platform to connect emergency responders, researchers and industry professionals from around the world to advance and adopt applied research and innovation in the operational domains and fields of emergency and disaster management.
Ergonomics and Hygiene Conference & Exhibition 2023
2023 Theme: Collaboration for Sustainable Health in Future of Work
The theme focuses on exploring how various disciplines in Occupational Hygiene, Human Factors & Ergonomics, and other OSH professional can better work together to identify, collaborate and manage workplace health challenges in the post-pandemic world and uncertain global economic time.
International Conference on Adaptations and Nutrition in Sports 2023
The conference theme, “Maximising Human Potential in a Changing World” has been carefully chosen to emphasise that change is constant and accelerating faster than ever. Maximising one’s potential to perform the best will never be a challenge when we unlock the most compelling opportunities and address the challenges in the space of sports nutrition.
WSH Forum on Heat Stress Management 2023
The WSH Forum on Heat Stress Management 2023 was held on 25 May 2023 to highlight the importance for employers to manage heat stress risks at workplaces. Co-organised by the Ministry of Manpower and Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council, the event gave insights to participants on heat stress management and the various methods that can be adopted to protect workers from heat stress risks.
Construction Safety Webinar: “Work-at-height”
The seminar will cover a wide range of topics including Work at Height accident case studies, common contraventions, WAH risk management, ladder safety, WAH safe work practices, technology applications for WAH, Heat Safety and much more.