Abstract: COVID-19 raises questions about health care at every level. At the individual level, how might the pandemic affect the balance between personal privacy and public health? At the community level, how have the virus’s disparate effects on different communities exposed deeper societal issues related to health care, health status and inequity? And at the provider level, how has the pandemic changed the practice of medicine? Conversation among practitioners, academics, and community leaders will assess how our health care system is coping with the pandemic and how we can prepare for future public health emergencies.
Keynote Speaker:
Evelynn M. Hammonds, PhD
Chair, Department of the History of Science, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Panelists:
Amesh Adalja, MD
Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security
Diego Chaves-Gnecco MD, MPH
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Director and Founder, SALUD PARA NIÑOS
Nicolette Louissaint, PhD, MBA
Executive Director, Healthcare Ready
Po-Shen Loh, PhD
Professor of Mathematics, Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Candace Skibba, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University; Affiliated Faculty in Medical Humanities, Center for Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University