On December 3rd 2025, we welcomed Dr. Jeremy Hess, Professor, Emergency Medicine and Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the University of Washington as our guest speaker at the 21st Annual David M. Heimbach Visiting Professor Lectureship. Our thanks to Dr. Hess (3rd from left) and to our cadre of speakers from our center who spoke on issues related to cold weather response in King County, improving the care for explosive ordinance victims, recovery trajectories after a large burn injury, and prevention programming with people experiencing homelessness in Seattle.
Long description of event flyer:
Flyer for a University of Washington Medicine Department of Surgery event,
presented in a formal academic layout with UW Medicine and Harborview Medical
Center logos at the top.
The event is titled “UW Department of Surgery Grand Rounds and
21st Annual David M. Heimbach Visiting Burn Professor Lectureship.”
The featured lecture is titled
“Climate Change and Surgical Care: The Risks of Burns and Frostbite.”
The invited speaker is Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, shown in a centered
head-and-shoulders portrait photograph.
Speaker affiliations:
- Professor of Emergency Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, and Global Health
- Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE), University of Washington
- Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Seattle, Washington
The lecture takes place on Wednesday, December 3, 2025,
from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Location: Health Sciences Building, Room K-069.
A Zoom option will be sent by the Department of Surgery.
Following the lecture, Harborview Medical Center Burn Research Presentations
are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location: NJB, 7th Floor, Room 707.
Zoom information:
- Meeting ID: 977 0767 6319
- Passcode: 752488
Research presentations:
- “Evaluating a Cold Weather Response Program in King County Using an Implementation Science Approach”
Ana Krause, RN, MSc, PhD Candidate, Department of Global Health, University of Washington - “Improving Care for Explosive Ordnance Victims in Low-Resource Conflict Settings”
Hannah Wild, MD, Program for Global and Rural Surgery, University of Washington - “Physical, Mental, and Social Health Trajectories After Large Burn Injuries”
Joseph Grobowski and Simrat Kaur, Research Assistants, Harborview Medical Center - “Piloting the Equity in Injury Prevention Program with People Experiencing Homelessness in Seattle”
Caitlin Orton, MPH, Research Coordinator, Northwest Regional Burn Model System, Harborview Medical Center
The flyer uses a white background with gold borders and purple and gold text accents,
consistent with University of Washington Medicine branding.
