Program –
Satellite Symposium

Satellite Symposium of the EAPM special Interest Group ”Climate Change, Environmental Pollution and Perinatal Health” CEPPH at the IFPA Congress 2025 Jena/Erfurt
Mi 17.09.2025: Universitätsklinikum Jena, Lecture Hall 2
8:00 a.m.
Shuttle from Erfurt to Jena
(Departure from NYX Hotel Erfurt | Juri-Gagarin-Ring 127)
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Udo Markert, Jena | Ekkehard Schleussner, Jena – Germany
Opening and Introduction
9:10 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Vienna – Austria
The Climate Crisis and Health
9:45 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Matthew Chersich, Johannesburg – South Africa
Effects of Global Warming on perinatal health
10:20 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Petra Arck, Hamburg – Germany | Isabel Graf, Hamburg – Germany
Placental development and function under heat stress
10:55 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Stefan Hansson, Lund – Sweden
Maternal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Preeclampsia
12:00 p.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Alexandre Urban Borbely, Maceió – Brazil
Exposure of microplastics on placenta function and perinatal health
12:35 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.
Ekkehard Schleussner, Jena – Germany
Environmental sustainability in gynaecology and perinatology
12:55 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Udo Markert, Jena – Germany | Ekkehard Schleussner, Jena – Germany
Closure remarks
2:00 p.m.
Shuttle to Erfurt


