Sabine Jamal, M.D., MPH, serves as the Manager of Workforce Development within the Cornell Health Impacts Core in the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health at Cornell University. A UK National Health Service-trained emergency medicine physician, Dr. Jamal is experienced in public health consultancy, advocacy, research, and education. Her areas of expertise include education, curriculum design, and workforce development, with a strong focus on public health emergencies and emergency preparedness. Dr. Jamal’s approach to public health issues is evidence based and solutions focused, emphasizing health equity throughout all her projects.
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Building a Flood-Resilient New York
Stories, Science, and Solutions
Friday, November 14, 2025, 12pm
EST
Event Overview
“Building a Flood-Resilient New York” explores a collaborative, community-centered approach to flood preparedness across the state. Led by the Cornell Health Impacts Core, New York State Water Resources Institute, New York Sea Grant, and Hudson Valley Flood Resilience Network, this initiative empowers communities through storytelling, citizen science, and hands-on training.
Host Dr. Sabine Jamal (Cornell Health Impacts Core) will moderate a dynamic conversation with Dr. Danielle Eiseman (Cornell Health Impacts Core), Jessica Kuonen (New York Sea Grant), and Kristen Hychka (New York State Water Resources Institute), highlighting longstanding partnerships and projects such as the Hard Rain storytelling initiative, the MyCoast app for capturing real-time flood data, and regional flood risk communication trainings.
The panel will also preview a new storytelling guide designed to support municipalities in sharing local flood experiences and building resilience. Join us to learn how these tools and partnerships are helping New York communities prepare for the future.
Host Dr. Sabine Jamal (Cornell Health Impacts Core) will moderate a dynamic conversation with Dr. Danielle Eiseman (Cornell Health Impacts Core), Jessica Kuonen (New York Sea Grant), and Kristen Hychka (New York State Water Resources Institute), highlighting longstanding partnerships and projects such as the Hard Rain storytelling initiative, the MyCoast app for capturing real-time flood data, and regional flood risk communication trainings.
The panel will also preview a new storytelling guide designed to support municipalities in sharing local flood experiences and building resilience. Join us to learn how these tools and partnerships are helping New York communities prepare for the future.
What You'll Learn
- How collaborative, community-centered approaches can strengthen flood preparedness across New York State
- The role of storytelling in building local resilience, including insights from the Hard Rain project and the upcoming municipal storytelling guide
- How citizen science tools like the MyCoast app are helping communities document and respond to real-time flood events
- Practical ways municipalities and community groups can engage with these tools and trainings to enhance local flood resilience planning
Speakers
Sabine Jamal, M.D., MPH
Manager of Workforce Development, Cornell Health Impacts Core
Cornell University
Danielle Eiseman
Associate Director, Cornell Health Impacts Core
Cornell University
Danielle Eiseman, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of the Cornell Health Impacts Core within the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health at Cornell University. Dr. Eiseman specializes in novel approaches to public engagement, climate change and public health risk communication, and public policy on climate and health. Recent projects include storytelling on flood experience, extreme heat preparedness and planning, using ice cream to promote community discussions on climate change, and risk and crisis communication training for state and local partners.
Dr. Eiseman has extensive experience working with communities and policymakers around the world on assessing needs, challenges, and right-fit solutions to community preparedness to climate impacts (forest conservation, best management practices for farmers, drought, flooding, extreme heat, and air quality). She has presented at the UNFCCC COP multiple times, worked with the Scottish government and the Dominican Republic on climate change policy, and is co-author of the book “Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need.”
Jessica Kuonen
Hudson Estuary Resilience Specialist
New York Sea Grant
Jessica Kuonen is the Hudson Estuary Resilience Specialist for New York Sea Grant, located in Kingston, NY. She works closely with a variety of stakeholders on issues related to coastal hazards, environmental change, and healthy estuaries. Jess has a Bachelor’s in Geology, a certificate in GIS, and an M.S. in Marine Resource Management.
Kristen Hychka
Research and Outreach Specialist, New York State Water Resources Institute
Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Kristen Hychka (she/her) works as a Research and Outreach Specialist at NYS Water Resources Institute at Cornell University, where she leads the Building Community Climate Resilience program. Dr. Hychka’s research and outreach efforts focus on watershed issues, particularly related to flood resiliency and the management of floodplain, wetland, and riparian ecosystems.
Dr. Hychka works with partners and in networks to promote assistance to individuals, organizations, and municipalities regarding these issues and to understand and alleviate barriers to adoption of resilience practices. She has a B.A. in Biology from Smith College and an M.S. in Wildlife Science and Ph.D. in Geography from Penn State.
Sabine Jamal, M.D., MPH
Manager of Workforce Development, Cornell Health Impacts Core
Cornell University
Sabine Jamal, M.D., MPH, serves as the Manager of Workforce Development within the Cornell Health Impacts Core in the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health at Cornell University. A UK National Health Service-trained emergency medicine physician, Dr. Jamal is experienced in public health consultancy, advocacy, research, and education. Her areas of expertise include education, curriculum design, and workforce development, with a strong focus on public health emergencies and emergency preparedness. Dr. Jamal’s approach to public health issues is evidence based and solutions focused, emphasizing health equity throughout all her projects.
Danielle Eiseman
Associate Director, Cornell Health Impacts Core
Cornell University
Danielle Eiseman, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of the Cornell Health Impacts Core within the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health at Cornell University. Dr. Eiseman specializes in novel approaches to public engagement, climate change and public health risk communication, and public policy on climate and health. Recent projects include storytelling on flood experience, extreme heat preparedness and planning, using ice cream to promote community discussions on climate change, and risk and crisis communication training for state and local partners.
Dr. Eiseman has extensive experience working with communities and policymakers around the world on assessing needs, challenges, and right-fit solutions to community preparedness to climate impacts (forest conservation, best management practices for farmers, drought, flooding, extreme heat, and air quality). She has presented at the UNFCCC COP multiple times, worked with the Scottish government and the Dominican Republic on climate change policy, and is co-author of the book “Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need.”
Jessica Kuonen
Hudson Estuary Resilience Specialist
New York Sea Grant
Jessica Kuonen is the Hudson Estuary Resilience Specialist for New York Sea Grant, located in Kingston, NY. She works closely with a variety of stakeholders on issues related to coastal hazards, environmental change, and healthy estuaries. Jess has a Bachelor’s in Geology, a certificate in GIS, and an M.S. in Marine Resource Management.
Kristen Hychka
Research and Outreach Specialist, New York State Water Resources Institute
Cornell College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Kristen Hychka (she/her) works as a Research and Outreach Specialist at NYS Water Resources Institute at Cornell University, where she leads the Building Community Climate Resilience program. Dr. Hychka’s research and outreach efforts focus on watershed issues, particularly related to flood resiliency and the management of floodplain, wetland, and riparian ecosystems.
Dr. Hychka works with partners and in networks to promote assistance to individuals, organizations, and municipalities regarding these issues and to understand and alleviate barriers to adoption of resilience practices. She has a B.A. in Biology from Smith College and an M.S. in Wildlife Science and Ph.D. in Geography from Penn State.
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