NEXT WEBINAR (register here)
Plastic Pollution and Human Health: What We Know and What We Can Do
Monday, November 17th @ 10am PST
Rashmi Joglekar, Ph.D. is a toxicologist with expertise in environmental health, science policy, and environmental justice. She is the Associate Director of Science, Policy, and Engagement at UCSF’s Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) and the Director of the Community Engagement Core at UCSF’s Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center. In these roles, Dr. Joglekar leads efforts to translate environmental health research and advance evidence-based chemical risk assessment methods to promote stronger health protections, particularly for people experiencing disproportionate impacts of toxic chemical exposures. Before joining UCSF, she was a Staff Scientist at Earthjustice, where she partnered with lawyers and community leaders to build the strongest scientific case for federal agencies to protect communities from harmful chemical exposures. Dr. Joglekar has previously served as an expert panelist for the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), US EPA, and the Environmental Law Institute. She earned her PhD in the Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program at Duke University, specializing in neurodevelopmental toxicology.
FALL TERM WEBINAR SERIES SCHEDULE
DATE, TIME (PACIFIC TIME) | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | TITLE | REGISTRATION |
Monday | Ricardo Castillo Neyra | University of Pennsylvania | Influenza at the Land-Sea Interface: A One Health Perspective from the Coasts of Peru |
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Monday | John Harley | University of Alaska Southeast | Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Alaska - A One Health Approach to Future Food Security |
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*Thursday* | Melanie McField | Healthy Reefs for Healthy People | Linking indicators of coral reef health to social well-being in the Mesoamerican Reef region |
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Monday | Carlos Fuentevilla | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Blue Transformation: A Global Pathway towards Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems | |
Monday | Tetine Sentell | University of Hawaii | Culturally and Regionally Relevant Physical Activity from Land to Ocean: Global Insights and Opportunities from the Public Health Resonance Project | |
Monday | Clémence Gatti Howell | Institut Louis Malardé | Ciguatera Poisoning: | |
*Tuesday* | William Gerwick | University of California, | Marine Biotechnology, a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry | |
Monday | Mathew White | Universität Wien | From the Blue Gym to Blue Health, Blue Communities & Blue Prescriptions | |
Monday | Rashmi Joglekar | University of California, | Plastic Pollution and Human Health: What We Know and What We Can Do | |
Monday | Kara Lavender Law | Sea Education Association | Addressing Plastic Pollution from Sources to Cleanup | |
Monday | Fiorenza Micheli | Stanford University | Blue food transformation for people and ocean health |
PREVIOUS EVENTS
WEBINAR SERIES
- Influenza at the Land-Sea Interface: A One Health Perspective from the Coasts of Peru - Ricardo Castillo Neyra, PhD, July 7, 2025.
- Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Alaska - A One Health Approach to Future Food Security - John Harley, PhD, Monday, August 4, 2025.
- Linking indicators of coral reef health to social well-being in the Mesoamerican Reef region - Melanie McField, PhD, Thursday, August 14, 2025.
- Blue Transformation: A Global Pathway towards Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems - Carlos Fuentevilla, Monday September 15, 2025.
- Culturally and Regionally Relevant Physical Activity from Land to Ocean: Global Insights and Opportunities from the Public Health Resonance Project - Mele Look & Tetine Sentell, Monday September 22, 2025.
- Ciguatera Poisoning: Sentinel Disease Reflecting Reef Ecosystem Health - Clémence Gatti Howell, Monday October 6, 2025.
- Marine Biotechnology, a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry - William Gerwick, Tuesday October 21, 2025.
- From the Blue Gym to Blue Health, Blue Communities & Blue Prescriptions - Mathew White, Monday November 3, 2025.
UNITED NATIONS OCEANS CONFERENCE SIDE EVENT
Teamwork to Save Our Ocean:
Benefits for Human Health and Well-Being (SDG14, SDG3, and Beyond)
Event Time and Location:
Tuesday 10 June 2025
7:45am-10:00am CEST (10:45pm-1:00am PDT)
Université Côte d’Azur - Institut Méditérranéen du Risque, de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable (IMREDD)
Salle de pédagogie innovante 1-170
Technopole Nice Meridia 9, Avenue Julien Lauprêtre 06 200
Nice, France
Event Description:
The focus of this event, co-convened by a multi-continent coalition including academic, governmental, inter-governmental, and non-academic nongovernmental organizations, is to highlight and learn from successful efforts to support conservation and sustainable use of the oceans (SDG14) that have had demonstratable positive co-benefits for human health and wellbeing (SDG3) in addition to helping achieve other SDGs. This session will start with keynote presentations, followed by a broader panel discussion to consider the value, challenges, and facilitators of transdisciplinary science to help support SDG14 and SDG3.
Event Coordinating Partners
Université Côte d’Azur
International Atomic Energy Agency
European Marine Board
Centre Scientifique de Monaco
UNESCO Chair for Sustainability of the Oceans at the University of São Paulo
Institut de Ciències del Mar
Institute of Marine Research (Havforskningsinstituttet)
University of Plymouth
University of the West Indies
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
SINTEF Ocean AS; Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
Universiti Malaya; University of Edinburgh
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
Sulubaai Environmental Foundation
Mirpuri Foundation
Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco