Health and Chemicals Forum | GFC IC1 – Geneva Environment Network

The Health and Chemicals Forum will convene diverse stakeholders to strengthen the integration of health into chemicals management. It will focus on tracking health-related progress, accelerating practical action to prevent harmful chemical exposures, and mobilizing investment in safer and more sustainable solutions. Short expert inputs and facilitated panel discussions will support the identification of shared priorities, partnerships, and next steps for achieving the targets set out within the Global Framework on Chemicals.

About this Event

The Forum is being co-convened by the Food Packaging Forum Foundation and the NYU Langone Health Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards with support from Health Care Without Harm and Geneva Environment Network.

Speakers

Additional speakers to be confirmed.

Jane MUNCKE

Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Food Packaging Forum Foundation

Leonardo TRASANDE

Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Andrea ROTHER

University of Cape Town, World Federation of Public, Health Associations (WFPHA), and GFC Bureau

Maria NEIRA

Former Vice Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs, Spain

Miriam G. MEDEL GARCIA

Permanent Mission of Mexico in Geneva

Jacqueline ALVAREZ

Chief, Chemicals and Health Branch, UNEP

Martin SCHERINGER

Board Member, International Panel on Chemical Pollution

Roel VERMEULEN

Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Exposome Science, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University

Laura VANDENBERG

Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Research & Engagement | Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst