Join us on April 13th, as Dr. Ryan Feldman presents: A Fun-Guide to Poisonous Fungus Amongus and the GOTTA PICCEM Poisonous Mushroom Game

Spring Greetings, fellow nerdlings!! The weather is warming up, and we're starting to spend more time outside, allowing more interactions with our natural surroundings. Foraging sure is fun but also very important to do safely, so be sure to mark your calendars and tell your friends about our upcoming, interactive event!! 

Join us for a lecture on Wisconsin's poisonous fungi, foraging safety, and Wisconsin mushroom poisoning fast facts, coupled with a poisonous mushroom game to be played after!!

Dr. Ryan Feldman is the author of the rhyming STEM children's book Poisonous Fungus Amongus. He is a clinical toxicologist who studies and treats poisonings, including those caused by mushrooms. He has authored more than 50 clinical research papers on poisoning, with work featured in The New York Times and Science.org. In his work, he helps doctors, public health experts, and poison centers treat poisonings and understand which mushrooms are safe - and which ones definitely are not. In his free time, he hosts the toxicology podcast The Poison Lab and is the creator of the poisonous mushroom-themed card game GOTTA PICCEM. His work focuses on making science fun, memorable, and easy to understand. Through his research, teaching, and creative projects, Ryan hopes to spark curiosity about the natural world while helping people learn how to explore it safely.

Date: 4/13/26

Time: 7-8:30/9pm CST

Cost: FREE!!!

Location: Back room of the Sugar Maple Bar, 441 E. Lincoln Ave, Bay View, WI

Other resources:

Wisconsin Mycological Society

Poison Control (1-800-222-1222)

Join us on March 9th, as Dr. Christa Wagner presents: The Climate-Health Connection: Understanding Risks & Opportunities for Action in the Health Sector

Milwaukee's summer of 2025 brought unusual and impactful weather in the forms of extreme heat, severe flooding, and unsafe air quality due to wildfire smoke. These environmental events, made more severe by climate change, can make underlying health conditions worse and have disproportionate impacts on health outcomes across our communities. We'll discuss the forces driving today's extreme weather and projections for Wisconsin's future climate. Then, we'll investigate how health systems and medical schools are taking on their unique opportunity to lead in climate action by reducing their environmental impact while taking steps to enhance education to improve patient and community health.

Dr. Christa Wagner is an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She works to advance sustainability in health care delivery, educate about climate impacts on health, and collaborate with communities to learn about and address the impacts of climate and the environment on health. Prior to joining MCW, Dr. Wagner served as manager of government relations at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, DC, where she was responsible for legislative policy and advocacy in support of medical research, public health, and academic medicine's partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Wagner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry from Oberlin College and her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. You can contact her at christawagner@mcw.edu or https://www.linkedin.com/in/christa-wagner-phd

Further references and resources:

WPR Larry Meiller Show with Andrew Lewandowski, MD

Wisconsin DHS Environmental Health Dashboards

Boston Medical Center Clean Power Prescription Program

Association of American Medical Colleges Climate Action and Sustainability in Academic Medicine

Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education 

National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Climate Collaborative

Practice Greenhealth

Event info:

Date: 3/9/26

Time: 7-8:30/9pm CST

Cost: FREE!!!

Location: Back room of The Sugar Maple Bar, 441 E. Lincoln Ave., Bay View, WI