Climate change and how it impacts health is the focus of the next Math + Science + X Seminar, “Climate Change and Mauli Ola,” which will explore why physicians should care and what their responsibility is, specific health implications we are facing in Hawai‘i, and how indigenous populations are particularly impacted.

The seminar is from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 13, via Zoom; meeting ID is 916 0881 3693 and passcode is MSXFall23. The presenter is Dr. Marcus Kawika Iwane, a 2023 Climate and Health Equity Fellow through the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health.

Iwane is from the Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i Medical Group. He is the chief of the Kaiser Permanente West O‘ahu Medical Office at Kapolei, known as Kīpukaoha, where he leads a collective effort with community organizations to create innovative programs and partnerships that promote Native Hawaiian health and healing.

Math + Science + X seminars help Mathematics, Natural, and Health Sciences faculty at the University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu promote fascinating, interesting, and current topics that are happening in STEM. STEM community members around the island, mainland, and within the university are invited to give presentations. Each seminar is geared to introduce UH West O‘ahu undergraduates, faculty, staff, and interested community members to a variety of research and career development or opportunities.

“Climate Change and Mauli Ola” is open to UH West O‘ahu students, faculty, and staff, and to the general public. For more information, email ogeorge@hawaii.edu.