Cosponsored with The Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era
Boston University School of Public Health, May 8, 2018
The day brought together public health scholars, journalists, thought leaders, and the wider public health community to discuss how we can view Trump-era policies and their impact on health more than a year into the new administration.
Agenda
OPENING REMARKS
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
David U. Himmelstein, Distinguished Professor, School of Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York; Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Steffie Woolhandler, Distinguished Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York; Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
KEYNOTE: FRAMING THE ISSUE—WHY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MAY AFFECT HEALTH
Mary Travis Bassett, Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
PANEL I: HEALTH OF PARTICULAR POPULATIONS – PART ONE
The Health of Immigrants
Altaf Saadi, Fellow, National Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles
The Health of Minority Populations
Zinzi Bailey, Assistant Scientist, Jay Weiss Institute for Health Equity, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
The Health of Children
Davida Schiff, Medical Director, HOPE Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Moderator
Charles Kravetz, General Manager, WBUR
PANEL II: HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR
The Economy, and Its Impact on Health
Atheendar S. Venkataramani, Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Trump Policies on Food and Nutrition
Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor and Professor Emerita, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Health Care
Adam Gaffney, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Cambridge Health Alliance
Moderator
Richard L. Berke, Founding Executive Editor, STAT
PANEL III: THE WORLD AROUND US
Global Health
Joia Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health
The Environment
Martin McKee, Professor, European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Racism and Mental Health
Jacob Bor, Assistant Professor, Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Moderator
Carol Hills, Senior Producer, Reporter, and Host, PRI’s The World
PANEL IV: HEALTH OF PARTICULAR POPULATIONS – PART TWO
Native American Health
Michael E. Bird, National Consultant on Native American/Alaska Native Communities, AARP
The Health Crisis in Puerto Rico
Olveen Carrasquillo, Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Criminal Justice and Incarceration
Lello Tesema, Director of Population Health, Los Angeles County Correctional Health Services, Department of Health Services; Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Southern California; Gehr Fellow, Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science
Moderator
Jenifer McKim, Senior Investigative Reporter and Senior Trainer, New England Center for Investigative Reporting, Boston University College of Communication
CLOSING REMARKS
David U. Himmelstein, Distinguished Professor, School of Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York; Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Steffie Woolhandler, Distinguished Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York; Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Comment:
By Don McCanne, M.D.
The next time you are in a mood to spend six hours or so on reading a book or whatever, use the time to view this symposium instead. This is as fine of a symposium on issues of health care justice as you’ll ever witness. And considering the challenges that our nation faces, this could not be more timely.
In his closing comments, David Himmelstein explains why we should be updating ourselves on these issues:
“Health professionals have a duty to play a role in the changes our country needs, not just coming from the top to change the politicians who lead us, but to change the sea that those politicians swim in, the data that they understand, and understand not just as dry facts that we feed them, but as things that motivate our citizens and that condition the lives of our nation. So we have a charge as public health and medical professionals to participate in the changes that our country needs.”
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