Can addressing environmental risk factors support cardiovascular disease prevention?
From air pollution and bushfire smoke to extreme heat; climate change and environmental factors are having an increasing impact on cardiovascular health. As evidence continues to emerge, there is growing recognition of the role these factors play in cardiovascular disease and the opportunities for prevention and action.
Join the Heart Foundation, in collaboration with CSANZ Planetary Health & Sustainability Working Group, for Planetary health and the heart: Environmental risks and cardiovascular health, an expert-led webinar exploring the connection between environmental exposures and cardiovascular disease, and practical opportunities to support individual and planetary health.
What you’ll learn:
- How environmental factors influence cardiovascular health.
- The cardiovascular impacts of air pollution and extreme heat.
- Which populations are most vulnerable to environmental health risks.
- Practical strategies to reduce environmental cardiovascular risk.
- Opportunities to support both heart health and planetary health.
Meet the speakers:
Hear from leading experts in planetary health, environmental health, cardiology, and primary care, including:
- Professor Tony Capon – Professor of Planetary Health, University of Sydney
- Professor Mark Miller – Professor of the Environment and Health, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Dr Fiona Foo – Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist, Sydney
- Dr Georgia Chaseling – Researcher, Heat and Health Research Centre, SOLVE-CHD, University of Sydney
- Dr Kate Wylie, Specialist General Practitioner, Adelaide
Whether you work in primary care, public health, cardiovascular prevention, or environmental health, this webinar offers practical insights into an emerging area of cardiovascular disease prevention practical solutions to help protect both heart and planetary health.