Pediatric Health on a Burning Planet: Assessment, Action, and Advocacy

As wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) events intensify across Southern California, the pediatric health community is coming together for a groundbreaking, transdisciplinary conference:

Pediatric Health on a Burning Planet: Assessment, Action, and Advocacy
Protecting Children and Planetary Health in the Wildfire Era

A Joint Conference Presented by: Pediatric Firestorm TEAM and Best Starts to Life

Date: December 13, 2025

Location: CHLA Anderson Pavilion Education Center | Hybrid Virtual Option

This unique collaboration between the Pediatric Firestorm TEAM (Transdisciplinary Team – Education, Assessment and Mitigation-PFire TEAM) and Best Starts to Life will bring together clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and community partners to examine how wildfire smoke and debris impact children’s health—and to chart a path toward evidence-based action and advocacy.

Program Highlights:

• Keynote talks from leading pediatric, environmental, and planetary health experts
• Breakout sessions on respiratory & cardiac health, air quality monitoring, school/community preparedness, policy solutions and voices of families and communities impacted by wildfire
• Collaborative action planning to create a shared white paper and advocacy toolkit

PFire (Pediatric Firestorm TEAM: Transdisciplinary, Education, Assessment & Mitigation)—is dedicated to protecting children’s health in the wildfire era. We do this through collaboration, research, community engagement, advocacy, education, and action. Your expertise and the expertise of your colleagues definitively meets our transdisciplinary approach to this initiative.