[CANCELLED] Planetary Health: Safeguarding Health in the Anthropocene Epoch - Hunter Branch of the Royal Society of NSW Meeting
Tony Capon
This event has been cancelled until further notice.
Professor Tony Capon will deliver a lecture at a Hunter Branch of the Royal Society of NSW meeting, chaired by University of Newcastle Chancellor, Mr Paul Jeans.
Professor Capon directs the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and holds a chair in planetary health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. A public health physician and authority in environmental health and health promotion, his research focuses on urbanisation, sustainable development and human health.
He is a former director of the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University (UNU-IIGH) and has previously held professorial appointments at the University of Sydney and Australian National University. He is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on Planetary Health that published its report Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch in 2015, and the International Advisory Board for The Lancet Planetary Health.
Event Information
- Date: Wednesday 25 March 2020 from 5:00pm
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.