WEHN’s Annual Conference on Health and the Environment
UW health sciences learning center, madison, wi
WEHN’s annual The Health & Environment Series; Making the Connection conference highlights the connection between health and the environment. It provides a unique education experience for health professionals, students, and academics to learn about current scientific research, public health implications, and clinical correlations surrounding environmental issues in Wisconsin. This event will be in-person and virtual, and CE credits will be offered.
For further inquiries, please contact wehnmail@gmail.com
speakers
Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA - Dr. Dorsey is the founding director of the Center for the Brain & Environment at Atria Health and Research Institute,. Dr. Dorsey is the co-author, with Dr. Michael S. Okun, of The Parkinson's Plan: A New Path to Prevention and Treatment (2025), a New York Times bestseller that explores how environmental toxins drive Parkinson's risk and introduces the "Parkinson's 25" checklist to help lower individual risk.
Topic: Parkinson’s: A preventable disease
Amy Kalkbrenner, MD, MPH - Dr. Brenner serves as Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Topic: Impacts of indoor and outdoor air pollution on the developing brain
Melissa Rosenkranz, PhD - Dr. Rosenkranz is Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Tenure Track), Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Neuroscience at the Center for Healthy Minds
Topic: Asthma and brain inflammation
Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH - Megan serves as Executive Director of The Physician and Scientist Network Addressing Plastics and Health (P-SNAP)
Topic: Plastics and the brain
Panel
Stephanie Jonson - Parkinson’s Disease Alliance of Wisconsin
Topic: Advocating for a Wisconsin Parkinson’s disease registry in honor of Rick Johnson
Mike Doudlah – Doudlah Farms Organics
Topic: Cancer, pesticides, and organic farming
Agenda
12:30-1:00p - Registration
1:00-3:00p - Program
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30p - Program
4:30-5:30p - Panel discussion
5:30-6:30p - Networking
PARKING INFORMATION
If you are attending in person, parking is available in the following UW lots:
Lot 60: 801 Walnut Street (controlled 7a - 4:30p)
Lot 75 - UW Hospital Ramp: 610 Highland Avenue (controlled at all times)
Lot 76 - University Bay Drive Ramp: 2501 University Bay Drive (controlled at all times)
UW Health Sciences Learning Center ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES
Follow this link to learn about the accessibility services at the UW HSLC: wehnonline.org/hslc-accessibility