public health

As a Navajo Nurse-Midwife, Nicolle L. Gonzales discusses Native American’s experiences around birth, motherhood, and all around reproductive choices.

Jennie Joseph's testimony from the 2019 Black Maternal Health Caucus.

The Aspen Global Innovators Group is committed to stimulating conversations around social determinants of health by building an action-oriented ideas lab for decision-makers to work together on complex ideas.

Report by cross-disciplinary team of global experts highlights urgent need for a vaccine that can protect the world against influenza; provides bold, actionable recommendations.

Richard Baron on the importance of patients' ability to trust the medical establishment.

Each year the AHSG tackles one issue for a year long, in-depth study. This year’s topic is antimicrobial resistance. Do you have a big idea to tackle this issue?

Public Health Reaching Across Sectors (PHRASES), a partnership of the de Beaumont Foundation and the Aspen Institute's Health, Medicine and Society Program, is pleased to introduce the 2019 class of PHRASES Fellows. These 15 public health leaders have demonstrated a commitment to developing cross-sector collaborations in their communities and a passion for improving the way public health communicates its value to decision-makers in other sectors.

Are you a public health professional interested in improving communication and collaboration with other sectors? Then the PHRASES Fellows program is for you! This unique fellowship is designed to help public health leaders effectively communicate the value of public health to potential partners in other sectors, such as housing, education, health systems, and business. Learn more and apply!

In June 2016, six former Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration convened at Aspen Ideas: Health (previously Spotlight Health) to talk about the challenges facing the FDA. From that stage, they publicly announced their consensus view that the FDA should be transformed into an independent federal agency.