Season 5 Episode 7: Climate Change on Kidney Health: Impacts

About this episode

The episode discusses the impacts of climate change on kidney health with expert guests.

Winston Fung, an Associate Consultant at Prince of Wales Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, hosts the second conversation on climate change and its impacts on kidney health. Winston is joined by Vivekanand Jha, The George Institute for Global Health, India, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Oxford, and the former President of the ISN. Also joining the conversation is Letizia De Chiara, junior PI at the University of Florence, Italy, and Maryvonne Hourmant, former president of the SFNDT.

People in this episode

Host: Winston Fung

Guests: Vivekanand Jha, Letizia De Chiara, Maryvonne Hourmant

Topics covered

• climate change
• kidney health
• nephrology
• global health
• medical education

Keywords

• climate change
• kidney health
• nephrology
• global health
• medical education
• Winston Fung
• Vivekanand Jha

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, University of Florence, SFNDT

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