The Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health

Our official conference website for our Focus Meeting “Pandemic planning – lessons from COVID-19” is now live!

Please visit this link to register for the meeting and for registration pricing.

DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION TYPES
Registration for PBC members requires proof of current membership. Please upload your PBC membership card to access this discount.

Registrations for Students require proof of current enrolment as a student. Please upload your official Student ID from your institution to access this discount.

Registration waiver as Chair and/or speaker requires proof of acceptance of invitation. Please upload copy of email confirming inclusion in the program.

“Make Good Trouble” event with Emeritus David Carpenter at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY has been posted!

On 19 March 2023, David received the “Making Good Trouble” award at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in recognition of his long career as an environmental advocate!

Check it out below:

2021 Conference Special Edition now available at Annals of Global Health
Environmental Impacts on Infectious Disease

PBC 2022 Conference

https://www.lsu.edu/srp/news/2022/pacificbasin.php

Featuring Dr Dee Lewis, PBC BOD member

Highlights include, Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity, A SHARED Future Summer Gathering 2022, Native Women’s Association of Canada Research Toolkit, Mitacs Global Internship: Welcoming Ivana and Brenda.

Apply Now For Keystone Symposia Global Health Awards

Global Health Awards (GHAs) give scientists from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) virtual access to select Keystone Symposia meetings, where they may participate in discussions on the forefront of science and medicine. The program aims to provide researchers from diverse backgrounds and limited resource settings with the opportunities afforded by attending top-tier scientific conferences.

SRP Director William Suk, Ph.D., M.P.H., is representing NIEHS on the e-ASIA Joint Research Program, an initiative launched by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Cancer Institute. The program aims to develop a collaborative international research community to promote innovation in the East Asian region.

A SHARED Future are pleased to share the latest edition of the A SHARED Future newsletter. Inside, you will find information about the upcoming Summer Gathering in Mi’kma’ki, the big reveal of their A SHARED Future Infographic, their feature interview with Derek Kornelsen of the Working Towards Energy Security, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation research project, and more!

PBC Emeritus Board Member Dr Mahmood Khwaja, a world’s renowned environmental scientist from Pakistan, died of cardiac arrest in February 2022.

Dr Mahmood A. Khwaja, served Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) as Senior Adviser, Chemicals and Sustainable Industrial Development. He earned his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Chemistry, respectively, from La Trobe University of Science and Technology, Melbourne, Australia and University of Peshawar Pakistan. Dr. Khwaja held teaching positions at the University of Peshawar, La Trobe University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast and Kumasi University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He worked as a subject specialist (science textbooks) with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Text Books Board and as a senior scientific officer with Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.