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Summing Up Our Fourth Year: 2022

5/16/2023

 
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Board members at a planning retreat for our programs and conference.
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Chelsea Kuiper presenting at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
In 2022, we DOUBLED our membership! This explosion of interest from Montana's health professionals encouraged us as we launched our education program, planned our first conference, and finished our EPA Air Quality Flag program.

This post is an archive of all our activities in 2022, starting from December and going back to January.

22.12.16 Hayley Blackburn 
MSCCH climate champion of the Month

22.12.08 Robohm, J., Sorensen, C., & Roop, M. Climate Change in the Family Medicine Residency Curriculum: Next Steps. Virtual presentation for a Program Directors Meeting for the WWAMI Network of Family Medicine Residency Training Programs, Seattle, WA, United States.

22.10.03 Dr.Jen Robohm: Climate Change, Mental Health, and Resilience. Presentation for “Introduction to Climate Change” course, University of Montana.

New Research Articles by Montanans:
Winquist, A., Schenk, E. C., Cook, C., Demorest, S., & Burduli, E. (2022). Climate, Health, and Nursing Tool (CHANT): A confirmatory factor analysis. Public Health Nursing.
Schenk, E., & Johnson, S. (2022). Nurse‐Sensitive Environmental Indicators: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Nursing Management.
Kuehnert, P., Fawcett, J., DePriest, K., Chinn, P., Cousin, L., Ervin, N., Schenk, B., ... & Waite, R. (2022). Defining the social determinants of health for nursing action to achieve health equity: A consensus paper from the American Academy of Nursing. Nursing Outlook, 70(1), 10-27.
22.11.28 Rob and Lori Byron, guest lecturers in the Environmental Health class, MSU

22.11.21 Beth Schenk’s Healthy Environmental Podcast.

22.11.7-13 Chelsea Kuiper guest lecturer, focusing on Planetary Health in the graduate class "Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health" in the School of Public and Community Health Sciences, UM

22.11 Montanans at the COP27: Dr Beth Schenk; UM Environmental Studies students Priya Subberwal and Tate (Andrew) Besser; and Mt Tech Professor Jessica Daignault and recent Montana Tech M.S. graduate Emily Rutledge, borth engineers, presenting on environmental impacts and wastewater.

22.11.10 Dr. Beth Schenk at COP27, Egypt: STRONG MEDICINE: US Progress in Enhancing Health System Sustainability and Resilience at Home and Abroad.

22.11.11 Dr Beth Schenk, COP27, EgyptTransforming Health Systems through Decarbonization and Resilience. COP27. Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. November 11, 2022.

22.11.11 Dr Beth Schenk, COP27, Egypt America Is All In Action Center Opening Program. COP27. Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

22.11.03 Bozeman Chronicle OpEd: Hillery Daily, Allison Young and Emory Hoelscher-Hull: Voters should be conscious of environmental issues when casting their ballots in this year’s election

22.11.01 Bitterroot Star OpEd OpEd by MtHPHC members Hillery Daily, Allison Young and Emory Hoelscher-Hull

22.10.30 Ravelli Republic OpEd by MtHPHC members Hillery Daily, Allison Young and Emory Hoelscher-Hull,

22.10.26 Montana Standard OpEd by MtHPHC members Hillery Daily, Allison Young and Emory Hoelscher-Hull,

22.10.21 Dr. Debbie Liptzin, Pediatric Pulmonologist in Missoula, spoke at the Mt School Nurses Meeting

22.10.20 Lori Byron, panelist for GCCHE’s Advocacy Bootcamp 

22.10.17 Dr Rob Byron’s Missoulian OpEd

22.10.17 KPAX TV reporter James Dobson covered the Missoula Ride for their Lives event

22.10.16 Ride for their Lives 2022, Missoula edition!

22.10.10 Montana RHI newsletter published the MT Pharmacy Planetary
Health story

22.10.06-07 Rob and Lori Byron and Debra Remillard PA and Emily Hahn, RN tabling at the MT Nursing Association annual meeting, Helena

22.10.06 KRTV interview of Lori Byron re: EPA EV school bus funding: 

22.10.01-02 Marian Kummer and Lori Byron, tabling Montana Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, Whitefish

22.10.01 Lori Byron, Update on Climate to the Montana Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, Whitefish

22.09.08 Jennifer Robohm Climate change: Role for behavioral scientists?
[Conference presentation]. 43rd Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.

22.09.20-30 Robet Byron tabled at AERO, Helena

22.09.29-20 Dr. Marian Kummer and Lori Byron tabled at and talked a
the Mt Pediatricians, Whitefish

22.09.30 Dr Paul Smith, pediatric pulmonologist, presented at the MT Academy of Pediatrics meeting on MT air quality research.

22.09.29 Marian Kummer – “Expanding the EPA Air Quality Flag Program”, PEHSU National Meeting

22.09.28 Robert Byron, Helena Air OpEd

22.09.27 Rebecca Elderkin, MT Standard OpEd 

22.09.27 Rebecca Elderkin The Missoulian OpEd 

22.09.26 Rebecca Elderkin, Helena Independent OpEd

22.09.25 Robert Byron, Billings Gazette OpEd

22.09.23 Rebecca Elderkin, Billings Gazette OpEd 

22.09.22 Robert Byron, MT Standard OpEd

22.09.20 Robert and Lori Byron tabled at the Montana Healthcare Conference

22.09.17 Chelsea Kuiper tabled at the Missoula Climate and Clean Energy Expo

22.09.16 Beth Schenk featured, “House committee issues report and hears testimony on health care and the climate crisis”

22.09.16 Beth Schenk, House Ways and Means Committee on “Preparing America’s Health Care Infrastructure for the Climate Crisis”.

22.09.15 Lori Byron, presentation to the Alaska Perinatal ECHO project

22.09.09 Chelsea Kuiper, Co-Chair of the Um Student Chapter of MontanaHPHC, Tabled at UM’s welcome feast

22.08.22 Marian Kummer and Lori Byron tabled at the MSU Catapalooza

22.08.19 Robert Byron, MtPR interview on drought and health

22.08.13 Dr David Gilkey tabled at the Butte Energy Fair


22.08.12 Rob Byron presented to the Benefis Hospital (Great Falls) Native American Advisory Board.

22.07.21 Dr. Beth Schenk at Ideagen Global: on Youtube 

22.07.15 – News coverage of Held V MT:  Billings Gazette and Montana Free Press

22.07.11 Dr. Alex Adams presented at the National Academy of Medicine (US NAM) and the UK Academy of Medical Sciences (UK AMS) in Washington DC

22.07.07 Beth Schenk: An Introduction to Decarbonizing Healthcare, Smart Montana

22.06.29 Lori Byron, National Environmental Health Association, Spokane WA, Concern and Action on CC by Env Health Professionals

22.06.23 Lynne Foss, Health and Air Quality, Bozeman Library

22.06.21 Lori Byron, Moms’ Clean Air Force Webinar: Clean Air, Climate Health Equity and Inequity: Indigenous and Tribal Communities,

22.06.19 Rob and Lori Byron, AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 45th Annual Meeting, Big Sky MT: Climate Change and Perinatology

22.06.15, Dr. Hayley Blackburn: Pharmacy, Climate, & the Environment, University of Colorado Climate & Health Science Policy Fellowship program

22.05.21 Marian Kummer tabled at the Montana Science Center

22.05.10 Beth Schenk at Clean Med: Data-driven decarbonization - Tools & tips from climate champions

22.05.10 Pharmacy & the Environment, Dr Hayley Blackburn, Georgetown Medical Students

22.05.06 Lori Byron gave testimony to the MT Department of Labor re: Energy Efficiency Building Codes

22.05.01 Billings Gazette, Dr. Marian Kummer

22.04.29 Hayley Blackburn spoke to Amanda Cahill’s Social Work class at UM

22.04.23 Missoula Urban Demonstration Project (MUD) tabling by Rebecca Elderkin

22.04.23 Gallatin Valley Earth Day – tabling by Marian Kummer, Mac Nolde, Lynne Foss

22.04.23 MtHPHC OpEd published in 10 newspapers across Montana!
*Butte
*Billings,
*Helena
*Missoulian
*Red Lodge
*Big Sky Outlaw
*Kootenai Valley
*Havre
*Glendive
*Sidney


22.04.23 Providence Earth Day Event, Sp Pat's, Missoula

22.04.21 Providence (Dr. Beth Schenk) releases first Environmental Stewardship report

22.04.20 Beth Schenk presented at UC Irvine

22.03.21 Beth Schenk Providence Hospital We ACT Series – Waste Optimization
in Health Care

22.04.13 Alex Adams MD presentation to Science and Society, the Museum of the Rockies: the “Health Effects of Climate Change in Montana.

22.04.13 Robert Byron, Drought and Human Health Workshop panel: Air Quality and Wildfires, Bozeman MT

22.04.13 Drs Mari Eggers and Lori Byron, MPHA/MEHA meeting presentation, Helena

22.04.13 Drs. Jenn Robohm and Hayley Blackburn, MEHA/MPHA meeting presentation

22.04.12 Tabling, Lori Byron, MPHA/MEHA meeting, Helena

22.04.12 U.M Department of Society and Conservation Seminar Series:
“Climate Psychology, Climate Anxiety, and Breaking the Climate Silence for a Just Future” by Rebecca Weston, JD, LCSW.

22.04.13 Hayley Blackburn presented for the Climate Change and Human Health ECHO series on interprofessional teaching of climate and health topics.

22.04.12 Beth Schenk at WSU: Butterfield Upstream Fund Keynote/Lecture | College of Nursing | Washington State University (wsu.edu)

22.04.09 Health Professional Students for a Healthy Climate, UM chapter, did a sustainability bike tour in Missoula

22.04.06 - Anita Lowe presented to Carroll College Environmental Health Class

22.04. AAP National Advocacy Conference Video, Lori Byron

22.04.07 Hayley Blackburn presenting at the Montana Gerontology Society Annual Conference: Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults: Addressing Risks & Promoting Resilience)

22.04.02 Climate Change and Physiatry: A Call to Proportional and Prospective Action. Dr. Anita Lowe.

22.03.24 Citizens Climate Radio Podcast, Lori Byron and pediatric
advocacy. Listen here

22.03.24 Beth Schenk 2nd annual Planetary Health lecture at the U.
Minnesota School of Nursing

22.03.10 Cool Solutions Podcast: Old Docs Take New Patient: The Climate,
Dr. Rob Byron and others.

22.03.7,8 Rob and Lori Byron had meetings with Senator Tester, and Senator Daines’ staff. Senator Tester’s office tweeted about climate

22.03.10 Mac Nolde tabled on Air Quality and Health at the Patagonia Store, Dillon MT

22.03.06 Dr Beth Schenk, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, 2022 Annual Conference

22.02.24 EPA Mercury hearings – Michelle Uberuaga, Ada Montague, Lori Byron, and Anne Hedges testified

22.02.22 Our Climate Journey, for Montana Climate Stories – Anita Lowe. Read here

22.03.06 Health Care’s Path to Decarbonization (CE2) Elizabeth Schenk, panelist

22.02.24 Dixon Elementary School, Mac Nolde presented on air quality and human health

22.02.18 Brockton School, Dr. Marian Kummer and Mac Nolde presented on air quality and human health

22.02.16 2 Environmental Health Class Lectures, Montana Tech U. Rob and Lori Byron

22.02.15 MT AHEC Scholars presentation on C2H2. Rob and Lori Byron 

22.02.11 Osler Medical Lecture Series. Rob and Lori Byron University of Washington medical students (WWAMI). Bozeman MT.

22.02.10 Northern Plains pipeline rally, Rob and Lori testified, Courthouse Lawn, Billings MT

22.02.10 Beth Schenk, Facebook Live event “WE ACT Series – climate anxiety”. Watch here

22.02.07 Billings Rotary. Rob and Lori Byron presented about C2H2

22.01.27 Dr. Beth Schenk paneled at this webinar: Climate, Health Care, and the Race to Zero.

22.01.27 Dr. Beth Schenk met with the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) – along with Dr. John Balbus and Providence leadership.

22.01.26 Dr. Marian Kummer presented to the Sacajawea Middle School 22.01.26 Dr. Beth Schenk’s podcast: NCC Europe with Anna Fuhrmann.

22.01.23 Lori Byron, Montana Environmental Health Association newsletter article

2.01.20 Dr. Beth Schenk presented at the CT Nurses Association 

​22.01.19 Dr. Beth Schenk’s podcast: the Founding Mothers of the Nurses Climate Challenge

22.01.18 Dr. Marian Kummer presented to the Children’s Clinic

22.01.14 Dr. Marian Kummer article in the Lone Peak (Big Sky) Newspaper

22.01.06 Dr. Beth Schenk presented for Nurses Climate Challenge, School of Nursing Commitment Community of Practice

22.01.05 Dr. Beth Schenk met with Gov Jay Inslee’s Climate staff about Providence Hospital Systems’s Carbon Negative goal

22.01.03 Daily Interlake, Laurel Eastman.

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MTHPHC is grateful for the continued leadership of the foremost authorities on climate health in this place: the Selish, Ql̓ispe,& Ksanka, Niitsitapi (Pikuni), Annishinabe (Ne-i-yah-wahk), A’aninin, Nokado & Nakona, Lakota & Dakota, Tsetshessthase & So'taa'eo'o, Apsáalooke, and Annishinabe/Metis (Little Shell Band) nations. We endeavor to follow their examples, remembering those who have passed before us, and caring for future generations.
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      • Montana Climate Organizations
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  • Get Involved
    • Climate Health Stewards
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