When:
-
Where: Hybrid
On Zoom & in-person
Winslow Auditorium, First floor of 60 College St
New Haven,
CT
06510
On April 8, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ed Yong will moderate a discussion on the future of public health featuring Dean Amy Fairchild, Dean Michelle Williams of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Dean Sten Vermund of the Yale School of Public Health.
On April 8, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and 2022 Yale Poynter Fellow Ed Yong will come to Yale University to moderate a discussion featuring Dean Amy Fairchild, Dr. Michelle Williams, Dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Dr. Sten Vermund, Dean of the Yale School of Public Health.
The online/in-person panel, titled “Does Public Health Need a Reboot?,” will center on the challenges facing public health raised by Yong in his article "How Public Health Took Part in Its Own Downfall," published on Oct. 23, 2021 in The Atlantic. In the article, Yong describes public health as a field that has lost its momentum as a driver of important social reforms that in past years led to improved sanitation, safer working conditions and better housing. Through extensive research and interviews, Yong lays forth a compelling argument that it is time for public health leaders to reclaim their political voice, stand by their science, and advocate for the social reforms that are necessary to improve public health and address the significant inequities that exist today.
And so, we ask, “Does Public Health Need a Reboot?”
This event is sponsored by the Yale School of Public Health with support from Yale’s Poynter Fellowship in Journalism program and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH).
