California Healthy Cities and Communities Speakers' Forum

Keynote Speaker:

Jason Corburn, Ph.D., M.C.P. Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California Berkeley

Come hear Dr. Jason Corburn, author of Toward the Healthy City: People, Places, and the Politics of Urban Planning discuss his book and work bridging planning and public health. His research focuses on the links between environmental health and social justice in cities, notions of expertise in science-based policy making, and the role of local knowledge in addressing environmental and public health problems.

Reaction Panel:

Diane Aranda, M.P.A. Program Officer for Richmond, The California Endowment (Moderator)

Rajiv Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H. Director of Occupational and Environmental Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Jeff Ritterman, M.D. Vice Mayor, City of Richmond, CA and Chief of Cardiology, Kaiser Richmond Medical Center

Joan Twiss, M.A. Executive Director, Center for Civic Partnerships, Public Health Institute

Networking lunch to follow presentations

Sponsoring Organizations 

Registration is complementary