The Public Health Problem | The Pandemic Puzzle: Lessons from COVID-19 |
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As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We are learning that lesson today. By some estimates, COVID-19 could cost the U.S. economy $16 trillion. It is a staggering figure that underscores the consequences of allowing our public health system to atrophy and go underfunded for decades. How do we break this cycle? Where do we need to invest to build a 21st century public health system capable of preventing the next pandemic?
Moderated by Doug Owens, MD, MS; Professor and Chair for the Department of Health Policy; Stanford Medicine Panelists: * Paul Farmer, MD, PhD; Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine; Harvard Medical School * Charity Dean, MD, MPH&TM; CEO and Co-founder; Public Health Company * Milana Boukhman Trounce, MD, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Stanford Medicine * Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH; Secretary; North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services To register for the free, virtual symposium series: https://pandemicpuzzle.stanford.edu/ Stanford School of Medicine: https://med.stanford.edu/ Stanford Graduate School of Business: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/ |