Save the Date - 5th Annual Forum! Register Now!

Save the Date – 5th Annual Forum! Register Now!

11 Jul, 2023
The Latino Cancer Institute
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The Latino Cancer Institute presents the 5th Annual National Forum

The Turbulent Ecosystem: Climate Change’s Impact on the Latino Cancer Burden!

Friday, October 27, 2023

9:00 am – Noon PST • 11:00 am – 2:00 pm CST • Noon – 3:00 pm EST

The climate crisis is here. And it impacts cancer outcomes in ways we’re just beginning to understand. It’s more than just changing weather patterns. It’s toxic neighborhoods, lost homes, lost jobs, lost health. Join The Latino Cancer Institute (TLCI) and expert presenters as they share insights and new findings on climate change, environmental racism driven by bad policy, and how disparate climate factors exacerbate the Latino cancer burden.

Special Guest – Ask the Congressman

Joaquin Castro, D., San Antonio, Texas, joins The Forum to discuss his cancer journey, the financial toxicity of a cancer diagnosis, and his call for universal health care.

Keynote:

Leticia Nogueira, PhD, MPH, Principal Scientist, Surveillance and Health Equity

American Cancer Society

Among our Expert Guests:

Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD, Associate Director of Population Sciences

Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF

Nancy Buermeyer, Director of Program and Policy

Breast Cancer Prevention Partners

Amy Leibman, MPA, Chief Program Officer

Workers, Environment and Climate, Migrant Clinician Network

More speakers to come…

“Climate change will affect cancers through a number of mechanisms, including etiologic pathways through the effects of air pollution, ultraviolet radiation (UVR), environmental toxins, the disruption in the food supply and through its impact on healthcare systems and delivery.”

Dr. Robert Hiatt, Women’s Cancers and Climate Change, 28 August 2022

Photos from left to right, flaring at a refinery located next to homes in Wilmington, CA (photo courtesy of Jesse Marquez), technician assists patient with mammogram, agricultural farm workers hard at work.

Click here to Register for the Forum

3-hour live virtual event. Free to attend. Live simultaneous Spanish interpretation provided.

The Latino Cancer Institute