Our Pandemic Future: Human Behavior and the Environment
Dr. Steve Bennett
Spring 2020 Western Horizons: Our Pandemic Future: Human Behavior and the Environment
Dr. Paqui Paredes Méndez, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the WWU Alumni Association present Western Horizons, a public webinar series featuring Faculty and Alumni of the College. The inaugural event, held on June 3, 2020, featured Dr. Evelyn Ames, Professor Emeritus and founder of WWU’s Community Health Education program, and Dr. Steve Bennett, Professor of Health and Human Development and epidemiologist.
The webinar explores the following :
• Introduction to public health and its history at Western
• Impact of climate change on infectious disease
• Human behavior and our relationship to the environment
• How epidemiology informs public health policy
Western Horizons is brought to you in partnership with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.