Health Policy Forum
The Johns Hopkins Health Policy Forum is a quarterly series featuring conversations with leaders who address the most pressing challenges in the development or implementation of health policy.
The series is jointly hosted by the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the School of Nursing, the Carey Business School, and Johns Hopkins Medicine. The forum provides an opportunity for Johns Hopkins faculty, students, and operational experts to engage with policy makers and explore contemporary health policy approaches.
Recent event
A conversation with Renee Wegrzyn and Kimberley Steele
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine welcomed Renee Wegrzyn, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), and Kimberley Steele, ARPA-H Program Manager for Health Science Futures, on Tuesday, April 30. They joined School of Medicine Dean Theodore DeWeese a virtual fireside chat to discuss the role of ARPA-H in advancing health equity and accelerating health outcomes. Established in 2022, ARPA-H advances high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity.
Past events
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Play Video: Tom Polen
Polen discusses issues facing modern health care, and how artificial intelligence can be a part of the solutions / November 2023
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Play Video: Sudip Parikh
Parikh discussed the role of artificial intelligence in advancing research, the next generation of scientific leaders, and the future of science in the U.S. / July 2023
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Play Video: Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Mexico governor urges students to lean into public health policy to ‘create a sea change for the country’ / May 2023
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Play Video: Xavier Becerra
Health and Human Services secretary emphasizes the importance of health care for all / December 2022
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Play Video: Donna Shalala
The former Health and Human Services secretary reflects on a career of health care leadership / June 2022
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Play Video: Atul Gawande
USAID assistant administrator encourages the next generation of public health scholars to take on misinformation and science skepticism / April 2022
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Play Video: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator discusses pandemic “inflection point” / January 2022
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Play Video: Robert Davis
Merck CEO emphasizes the need to use every tool at our disposal in the fight against COVID-19 / October 2021
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Play Video: Rochelle Walensky
CDC director and JHU School of Medicine alum discusses COVID-19 vaccines, variants, and the U.S. pandemic response / May 2021
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Play Video: Anthony Fauci
The nation’s top infectious disease expert discusses the state of U.S. coronavirus response / October 2020