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Africa has shown what is possible when it comes to global health security. Evidence-based decision-making, not politics, saves lives.

During her 27 years of active duty in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Dr. Katherine Ciacco Palatianos has seen a steady increase in women and people of color working at all levels of public health across the United States.

Katz, who graduated from the Yale School of Public Health in 1998, now serves as an advisor for the Biden administration’s COVID-19 task force. She told an online gathering at the Yale School of Public Health on Feb. 25 about the lessons that should be learned about the current pandemic — and the ways in which public health leaders can prevent another one.

A nationally-known violence prevention expert and researcher, Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, M.P.H. ’05, discusses gun violence as a public health issue eight years after the devastating mass shooting at Sandy Hook.

The disparate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color in the United States, combined with highly visible incidents of police brutality committed against Black men and women, have led to protests and advocacy efforts to address systemic racism across the country—and have impacted the priorities of many Yale School of Medicine (YSM) MD students, faculty, and alumni.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Bradley, Ph.D. ‘96, became the 11th president of Vassar College in 2017. Prior to her appointment, she enjoyed a long and distinguished career at Yale University and the Yale School of Public Health.

7.2.2020 "COVID-19 Right Now" featuring Unni Karunakara, MBBS, MPH'95, DrPH, Associate Clinical Professor of Public Health; and James Hamblin, MD, MPH'18, Lecturer in Health Policy and Management.

YSPH alumna Janet Yim is developing new modeling tools to help health care providers better prepare for COVID-19 and future pandemics.