YouTube video by Boston University School of Public Health

Jeff Niederdeppe is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Research in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University.

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

On Oct. 30, 2025, CEID hosted "The Climate Crisis and the Future of Infectious Diseases" in partnership with Boston's Museum of Science. As part of the museum’s 2025 theme of “Being Human,” this symposium addressed climate change and its impacts across the health of humans, animals, and the environment. The symposium’s overall objectives are to: • Provide greater understanding of what climate change impacts on infectious diseases are and why they matter; • Define the threats that climate change poses to the spectrum of One Health and what we can expect to see in the future; • Discuss what steps are being taken to mitigate these threats. 0:00 Welcome by Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, CEID Founding Director 5:32 Opening remarks by Tim Ritchie, President of Museum of Science 10:39 Address by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) 14:58 Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, with panelists Dr. Marissa Hauptman, Chief Medical Advisor at the Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Dr. Britta Lassmann, Co-Director of the Biothreats Emergence Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON); Dr. Syra Madad, Senior Director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals and Health; and Dr. Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability 1:29:28 Keynote address by Dr. Adil Najam, President of WWF International

The recent suspected case of Chikungunya virus on Long Island marks a significant public health moment for NY.