Session 1 Exertional Heat Illness and Health—From Heat Metrics and Predictions to Practice

Monday, 13 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
153B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 11th Conference on Environment and Health
Chair:
Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State University, School of Sustainability, Tempe, AZ

Papers:
8:30 AM
1.1
Protecting youth athletes in the heat: how a flawed governance system creates unnecessary hurdles to achieve best practices
Douglas J. Casa, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

9:00 AM
1.2
Forecasting the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature: A Web-Based Tool Designed for Populations Who Are Vulnerable to Heat-Related Illnesses
Sandra Rayne, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC; and C. E. Konrad, J. J. Clark, and D. Bertrand
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1.3
It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity…and Wind and Solar: Developing and Validating Heat Exposure Products Using the U.S. Climate Reference Network
Jared Rennie, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, NC; and M. A. Palecki and S. Heuser
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1.4
Marching to the Heat of a Different Drum
Kevin A. Kloesel, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:45 AM
1.5
Variations in Athlete Heat Loss Potential between Hot-Dry and Warm-Humid Environments at Equivalent WBGT Thresholds
Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and A. J. Grundstein
Recorded Presentation

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