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Med student Ursula Gately connects the climate to the clinic
- Ursula Gately, a second-year Johns Hopkins medical student, will discuss planetary health and its clinical impact at Hop Talks on April 7.
- The event, held in Levering Hall, explores how environmental conditions shape health, disease risk, and access to care.
- Hop Talks is a collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health and the Center for Social Concern.
- Gately's work includes Medicine for the Greater Good, linking medical students with Baltimore communities.
- She founded a Medicine for the Greater Good–School of Medicine Partnership to mobilize student volunteers.
- Gately leads a pilot project to refer air purifiers to patients with long-term lung problems in Baltimore.
- The Corsi-Rosenthal box is cited as a low-cost solution used in Baltimore schools through the program.
- Gately aims to address root causes by combining medicine with community partnerships upstream.
- The Institute for Planetary Health and Johns Hopkins Nursing are involved in the planning and execution of the event.
- The event promises dinner and refreshments for attendees who register in advance.
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