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Ohio Valley Climate Change and Health Conference

The 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention is an annual meeting organized by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. It focuses on the intersection of climate and health and offers continuing education credits for healthcare professionals.

The event is intended for physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and addictions professionals.

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The essentials

Event details

Dates
August 2026
Location
Arlington, Virginia, Arlington, United States
Address
3351 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA 22201
Organiser
Amedco LLC and Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Industry
Energy & Cleantech

Agenda themes

Topics covered

  • Medical & Pharma

On stage

Speakers

  • Neelu Tummala, Moderator
  • Ashley McClure, Moderator
  • Sheetal Khedkar Rao, University of Illinois Chicago
  • Wendy Bernstein, Senior Community Psychiatrist, Wellness Equity Alliance
  • Nisha Sridhar, Fourth-Year Medical Student, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Shaneeta Johnson, Fellowship Director, Climate & Health Equity Fellowship
  • Venise Curry, Associate Director, Climate & Health Equity Fellowship
  • Keisha R. Callins
  • Audrey Tanksley
  • Ifeanyi Olele
  • Meredith Hankins, Legal Director, Federal Climate, Climate & Energy, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Lesly Fajardo-Feaux, Champion for Equity and Community Health
  • Abre’ Conner, Director of the Center for Environmental and Climate Justice, NAACP
  • Karen Campblin
  • Abby Novinksa-Lois, Executive Director, Healthy Climate Wisconsin
  • Cassandra Thiel, President and CEO, Clinically Sustainable Consulting LLC
  • Logan Harper, Assistant Director of the Climate and Health Science Policy Fellowship, University of Colorado
  • Carrie Kovacik, Columbia University Sustainable Healthcare Leadership Institute
  • Paige Knappenberger, Program Director of the Environment & Health Program, Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Shel Winkley, Weather & Climate Engagement Specialist, Climate Central
  • Sarah Pachtman-Shetty, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Ouma Health
  • Zach Williams, Associate Director of the Environment & Health Program, Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Martha Dina Argüello, Executive Director, Physicians for Responsibility Los Angeles
  • Jennifer Uchendu, Founder, SustyVibes

On the floor

Sponsors and partners

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American College of Physicians
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Diploma in Climate Medicine
  • ecoAmerica
  • Holly Rosencranz, MD
  • Natural resources defense council
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Warren Lavey

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