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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON INTEGRATING PUBLIC AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS TO FOSTER RESILIENCE: A WORKSHOP TO IDENTIFY RESEARCH TO BRIDGE THE KNOWLEDGE-TO-ACTION GAP
KATHLEEN M. REST (Chair), Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability
KATIE K. ARKEMA, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
AARON S. BERNSTEIN, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children’s Hospital
SHANONDORA M. BILLIOT, Arizona State University
RODOLFO DIRZO (NAS),1 Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment
BENIS N. EGOH, University of California, Irvine
ALBERT I. KO, Yale School of Public Health and Brazilian Ministry of Health
JESSICA M. LECLAIR, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing
JONATHAN M. SLEEMAN, U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
APRIL MELVIN, Senior Program Officer, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
JULIE LIAO, Program Officer, Board on Global Health
CLIFFORD DUKE, Board Director, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
AUDREY THEVENON, Senior Program Officer, Board on Life Sciences
KYLE ALDRIDGE, Senior Program Assistant, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
AMANDA STAUDT, Senior Board Director, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
KAVITA BERGER, Board Director, Board on Life Sciences
JULIE PAVLIN, Senior Board Director, Board on Global Health
Consultant
JOE ALPER, Science Writer
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1 NAS, National Academy of Sciences.
BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE
MARY GLACKIN (Chair), The Weather Company, an IBM Business (retired)
CYNTHIA S. ATHERTON, Heising-Simons Foundation
CECILIA BITZ, University of Washington
JOHN C. CHIANG, University of California, Berkeley
BRADLEY R. COLMAN, The Climate Corporation (retired)
BART E. CROES, California Air Resources Board (retired)
ROBERT B. DUNBAR, Stanford University
EFI FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU (NAE),1 University of California, Irvine
PETER C. FRUMHOFF, Harvard University Center for the Environment
VANDA GRUBIŠIĆ, National Center for Atmospheric Research
ROBERT KOPP, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
L. RUBY LEUNG (NAE), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ZHANQING LI, University of Maryland
JONATHAN MARTIN, University of Wisconsin–Madison
AMY MCGOVERN, University of Oklahoma
JONATHAN PATZ (NAM),2 University of Wisconsin–Madison
J. MARSHALL SHEPHERD (NAS3/NAE), University of Georgia
ALLISON STEINER, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
DAVID W. TITLEY, U.S. Navy (retired), Pennsylvania State University
ARADHNA TRIPATI, University of California, Los Angeles
DUANE E. WALISER, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ELKE U. WEBER (NAS), Princeton University
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
AMANDA STAUDT, Senior Board Director
APURVA DAVE, Senior Program Officer
APRIL MELVIN, Senior Program Officer
AMANDA PURCELL, Senior Program Officer
STEVEN STICHTER, Senior Program Officer
ALEX REICH, Program Officer
RACHEL SILVERN, Program Officer
KATRINA HUI, Associate Program Officer
BRIDGET MCGOVERN, Associate Program Officer
MORGAN MONZ, Associate Program Officer
HUGH WALPOLE, Associate Program Officer
RITA GASKINS, Administrative Coordinator
AMY MITSUMORI, Research Associate
ROB GREENWAY, Program Associate
KYLE ALDRIDGE, Senior Program Assistant
LINDSAY MOLLER, Senior Program Assistant
SABAH RANA, Senior Program Assistant
RACHEL SANCHEZ, Program Assistant
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1 NAE, National Academy of Engineering.
2 NAM, National Academy of Medicine.
3 NAS, National Academy of Sciences.
BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY
FRANK W. DAVIS (Chair), University of California, Davis
ANN M. BARTUSKA, U.S. Department of Agriculture (retired)
DANA BOYD BARR, Emory University
GERMAINE M. BUCK LOUIS, George Mason University
FRANCESCA DOMINICI (NAM)1, Harvard University
GEORGE M. GRAY, The George Washington University
R. J. LEWIS, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc.
LINSEY C. MARR, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MARIE L. MIRANDA, University of Notre Dame
R. CRAIG POSTLEWAITE, U.S. Department of Defense
REZA J. RASOULPOUR, Corteva Agriscience
JOSHUA TEWKSBURY, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
SACOBY M. WILSON, University of Maryland, College Park
TRACEY J. WOODRUFF, University of California, San Francisco
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
CLIFFORD S. DUKE, Director
RAYMOND A. WASSEL, Scholar and Director of Environmental Studies
KATHRYN Z. GUYTON, Senior Program Officer
NATALIE ARMSTRONG, Associate Program Officer
LAURA LLANOS, Finance Business Partner
LESLIE BEAUCHAMP, Senior Program Assistant
THOMASINA LYLES, Senior Program Assistant
KATHERINE KANE, Program Assistant
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1 NAM, National Academy of Medicine
BOARD ON GLOBAL HEALTH
ANN E. KURTH (NAM)1 (Co-Chair), New York Academy of Medicine
LUKOYE ATWOLI, (Co-Chair), The Aga Khan University
CHERLY A. ANDERSON (NAM), University of California, San Diego
RAVI ANUPINDI, University of Michigan
KELLY BAKER, University of Iowa College of Public Health
MICHELE BARRY (NAM), Stanford University of School of Medicine
CHRIS BEYRER (NAM), Duke University
SARAH CLEAVELAND (NAM), University of Glasgow
MALICK DIARA, ExxonMobil
ISABEL GARCIA, University of Florida College of Dentistry
LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN (NAM), Georgetown University Law Center
ANDREW KANTER, Columbia University
KARESTAN C. KOENEN, Harvard University School of Public Health
ORIN LEVINE, Tin Horse, L.L.C.
MAUREEN LICHTVELD (NAM), University of Pittsburgh
GBENGA OGEDEGBE (NAM), New York University Grossman School of Medicine
DOROTHY PEPRAH, U.S. Agency of International Development
SCOTT C. RATZAN, The City University of New York
KATHLEEN SIENKO, University of Michigan
SARAH A. TISHKOFF (NAS/NAM)2, University of Pennsylvania
CARLOS DEL RIO (NAM), NAM International Secretary, ex-officio member
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
JULIE PAVLIN, Board Director
PATRICIA CUFF, Senior Program Officer
JULIE LIAO, Senior Program Officer
LIZ ASHBY, Associate Program Officer
CLAIRE BIFFL, Research Associate
HANNAH GOODTREE, Research Associate
NICKY KUANG, Senior Program Assistant (since March 2023)
EMMA ROONEY, Senior Program Assistant (since October 2022)
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1 NAM, National Academy of Medicine.
2 NAS, National Academy of Science.
BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES
BARBARA A. SCHALL (NAS)1, Chair, Washington University in St. Louis
A. ALONSO AGUIRRE, George Mason University
DENISE N. BAKEN, Shield Analysis Technology, LLC
VALERIE H. BONHAM, Ropes & Gray LLP
PATRICK M. BOYLE, Ginkgo Bioworks
DOMINIQUE BROSSARD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
SCOTT V. EDWARDS (NAS), Harvard University
GERALD L. EPSTEIN, National Defense University
ROBERT J. FULL, University of California, Berkeley
BERONDA MONTGOMERY, Grinnell College
LOUIS J. MUGLIA, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
ROBERT NEWMAN, The Aspen Institute
LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO (NAM)2, University of California, San Diego
SUDIP S. PARIKH, American Association for the Advancement of Science
CLAIRE POMEROY, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
NATHAN D. PRICE, Thorne HealthTech
SUSAN RUNDELL SINGER, Rollins College
DAVID R. WALT (NAE/NAM)3, Harvard Medical School
PHYLLIS M. WISE (NAM), University of Colorado
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Staff
KAVITA BERGER, Director
ANDREW BREMER, Program Officer
NANCY D. CONNELL, Senior Scientist
JESSICA DE MOUY, Research Associate
CYNTHIA GETNER, Senior Financial Business Partner
LYLY LUHACHACK, Program Officer
DASIA MCKOY, Program Assistant
STEVEN MOSS, Senior Program Officer
CHRISTL SAUNDERS, Program Coordinator
AUDREY THEVENON, Senior Program Officer
TRISHA TUCHOLSKI, Associate Program Officer
SABINA VADNAIS, Research Associate
NAM VU, Program Assistant
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1 NAS, National Academy of Sciences.
2 NAM, National Academy of Medicine.
3 NAE, National Academy of Engineering.
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Acknowledgments
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We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by OLADELE OGUNSEITAN, University of California, Irvine. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the National Academies. We also thank staff member MALVERN TATENDA CHIWESHE for reading and providing helpful comments on this manuscript.
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Contents
Organization of the Workshop Proceedings
3 EXPLORING HOW PUBLIC HEALTH, NATURE, AND THEIR INTERCONNECTIONS ARE VALUED
Working Together to Restore Human and Planetary Health
Integrating Indigenous Ecological Knowledges to Foster Resilience
Environmental Change and Public Health in Africa
4 MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF MOVING FROM KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION
5 EXPLORING CHALLENGES, GAPS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOVING FROM KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION
Integrating Indigenous Public Health within Nature
Conceptual and Practical Barriers to Integrating Concerns for Human Health and Nature
6 ADDRESSING KNOWLEDGE GAPS THROUGH NEW AND EMERGING CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH
The Effects of Climate Change on Children
7 CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPING KEY ELEMENTS OF A RESEARCH AGENDA
8 CRAFTING A RESEARCH AGENDA TO FACILITATE KNOWLEDGE GENERATION THAT INFORMS ACTION
Research to Inform Practice: The Nature and Health Initiative
9 OVERCOMING EXISTING BARRIERS TO KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING TO ACTION
Public Health Perspective on Knowledge Acquisition and Development
Invasive Alien Species and Public-Ecosystem Health
Advancing Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience
A Whole-of-Government Approach to Embedding the Value of Nature into Decision Making
Moderated Discussion with Conversationalists
APPENDIX B PLANNING COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
BOXES AND FIGURES
BOXES
3-1 Principles for Tribal Engagement from Chischilly Presentation
6-1 A Psychosocial Climate Anxiety Scale
10-1 Urban Interventions to Advance Community Resilience
FIGURES
2-1 The changing framing of nature and conservation
2-2 The effect of exposure to nature on mood differs among U.S. cities
3-1 The Planetary Health Education Framework
5-1 An Indigenous theoretical framework showing the relationship between trauma and resilience
10-1 The One Biosecurity model to move invasion science beyond One Health
10-2 Climate change and its various effects on humans
10-3 Convergence of two compounding risks: climate change and COVID-19
Acronyms
| EASIN | European Alien Species Information Network |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| ITEKs | Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledges |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
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