Hosted this June on the Aspen Institute’s Colorado Campus, attendees will hear from figures shaping healthcare policy and outcomes in the United States and beyond. Media invited to apply for free credentials.
Contact: Eric Baker
Media Relations Manager
Aspen Institute
eric.baker@aspeninstitute.org
Aspen, CO, May 1, 2025 – The Aspen Institute’s premiere health program is back this June 22-25 as global health leaders convene for the event’s 12th outing. Exciting new sessions include a one-on-one with the new Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya who will discuss his key priorities for the nation’s medical research agency. Other conversations to expect include a 15-year look back on the Affordable Care Act, the role of the judiciary and courts in shaping health care, and how Hollywood can ensure its depictions of health issues are accurate and responsible.
Aspen Ideas: Health 2025 speakers include:
- Jay Bhattacharya, Director, National Institutes of Health
- Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Mental Health Advocate; Author, “Closer Together”
- Nancy-Ann DeParle, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Consonance Capital Partners; Former Director, White House Office of Health Reform
- Lanhee Chen, David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies and Co-Chair of the Health Care Policy Working Group, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Zoanne Clack, Executive Producer and Showrunner, “Grey’s Anatomy” and ”Station 19”
- Marty Kaplan, Director, Norman Lear Center, and Norman Lear Professor of Entertainment, Media and Society, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalist
- Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
- Kannon Shanmugam, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- IN-Q, Poet; Songwriter
Click here to see the full list of speakers already announced including the Vice President of Health at Apple Sumbul Desai, 24th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health at YouTube and Google Health Garth Graham.
Additional speakers and agenda information will be released in the coming weeks and months.
This year, Aspen Ideas: Health’s programmatic tracks are: Decoding the Brain, Audacious Science, Payoff: Investing in Health, Food for Thought, Uncommon Allies, and Pop Health.
Aspen Ideas: Health is the opening segment of the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute’s annual nonpartisan flagship event which gathers leaders and thinkers from around the globe to discuss the ideas that will shape tomorrow and help us understand today.
FOR MEDIA: Journalists interested in attending Aspen Ideas: Health are invited to apply for press credentials here.
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