NIEHS Senior Medical Advisor Dr. Aubrey Miller to Keynote 2022 Wyatt Symposium
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Apr. 20, 2022) — The 2022 John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium honors the legacy of Dr. John Wyatt whose pioneering environmental clinical research will be honored on Earth Day, April 22, 2022. The 2022 Symposium is a Kentucky-wide symposium focusing on climate-related disasters and health. Universities and agencies from across the Commonwealth have joined forces to address the health impacts of disasters and climate change.
This year we are honored to have Dr. Aubrey K. Miller, MD, MPH, the Senior Medical Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), presenting the keynote address "Applied Science to Address the Health Impcts of Disasters and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities."
This discussion will highlight the complex scientific challenges and exciting new opportunities to perform and translate data collection and health research to address disasters and our changing climate.
Dr. Miller, a retired Captain USPHS, is board certified in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He is currently the Senior Medical Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), where he supervises a portfolio of programs involving global environmental health and climate change, disaster research, and environmental toxics, as well as legislative, policy, strategic planning, and coordination of environmental health issues and activities among U.S. federal agencies, congress, academia, and other stakeholders. His experiences include numerous public health investigations and research studies involving a wide range of occupational and environmental health issues. He has contributed to the leadership and management of numerous disaster responses including the Libby, Montana, Public Health Emergency involving widespread asbestos contamination, Katrina and other major hurricanes, the World Trade Center and anthrax attacks, the Gulf Oil Spill, and the H1N1 influenza, Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19 infectious outbreaks. He currently Co-Chairs the new NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative to develop needed research, capacity building, and training in the US and globally. He also directs the NIH Public Health Emergency and Disaster Research Response (DR2) Program which focuses on improving national and international disaster research capabilities through enhancing policies, infrastructure, training, and integration of stakeholders, especially academia and impacted communities. He received a BS in biology, BA in political science, and MPH in environmental and occupational health at the University of Illinois, and his MD at Rush Medical College. His 30+ year career includes service as a CDC Epidemiology Intelligence Service (EIS) officer and senior medical officer positions with CDC/NIOSH, the HHS Office of the Secretary, EPA, and FDA.
