Innovation Talks — Prevention of Pediatric Heat-Related Illness [Video]

Join us for an innovative discussion on the prevention of pediatric heat-related illness.

College of Health Solutions Innovation Talks are brought to you by the Design and Innovation Studio for Health team. These talks highlight discoveries and new directions within and across the focal areas, centers and cores, and emerging initiatives of the College of Health Solutions.

Thank you to our speaker: Alicia Montalvo, PhD, MPH

Dr. Montalvo is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Movement Sciences in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. She has a PhD in Kinesiology from Penn State and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on injury epidemiology and her current area of study is related to application of new technologies to understand trends in heat-related injury. Heat-related illness (HRI) is a leading cause of death and disability in youth athletes. Risk of HRI will continue to rise as climate change progresses. The burden will likely disproportionately impact athletes in communities of color, though evidence of racial disparities on HRI in youth athletes is lacking. This talk will address current epidemiological evidence of HRI in youth athletes, children more broadly, and policy implications, and will propose several potential solutions to address the problem.

Recorded Thursday, February 8, 2024.