public health

COVID-19 was the thing Wendy Nembhard had been preparing for her entire career, but something she, and other experts had never expected to happen in their lifetime. 

Ana María Vallarino is sharing her #LeadershipLessons from growing a civic movement in Panama to fight COVID, while facing deep personal challenges.

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

Food justice sits at the intersection of health, economics, the environment, geography, and race. During Aspen Ideas: Health 2021, Chef Bryant Terry shared his vision for a truly sustainable food system that would help make healthy and culturally appropriate food choices accessible and affordable to all, in conversation with Joe Yonan of The Washington Post.

Join Aspen Ideas: Health from April 27-29 to explore bold approaches to better health for all. Registration is now open!

A public health expert takes a hard look at where we’ve failed and how we can do better next time.

Which communities have been left behind by America’s COVID response? And how can strategic recovery efforts help close critical equity gaps? Dr. Rich Besser of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Dr. Mary Bassett of the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard discuss.

With vaccines being developed at “warp speed”, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a critical role to play in ensuring their safety and efficacy.

Designated as one of Health Affairs Top 5 most-read GrantWatch blog posts for 2020, this piece examines how public health’s inability to communicate keeps communities unhealthy.

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