This discussion focused on the past and future of public health and social reform movements, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Starting from a historical perspective of public health’s history of activism in social movements, and considering the challenges of the current moment, our panelists offer perspectives on how the field of public health can work differently towards a healthier world.

This episode features:

Céline Gounder, Senior Fellow & Editor-at-Large for Public Health for Kaiser Health News at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Infectious Disease Specialist and Epidemiologist

Daniel S. Goldberg, Associate Professor, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado

Shelley Hearne, Director, Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy

Deans Sommer and Klag Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Moderated by Dan Kass, Senior Vice President, Environmental Health at Vital Strategies