In this series, experts provide timely analysis and insights about topics of national and global importance and engage in real-time Q&A with the audience. The Office of Interdisciplinary Initiatives hosts the series.
RECENT event
Tuesday, Nov. 14| 11 a.m. EST
Participants
The following experts participated:
Paul Spiegel is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and a Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Spiegel previously served as deputy director and chief of public health at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Leonard Rubenstein is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and interim director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights. Rubenstein previously served as executive director and President of Physicians for Human Rights.
Moderator:Lainie Rutkow, vice provost for interdisciplinary initiatives
Experts discuss air quality concerns stemming from wildfires—including those currently burning in Canada and blanketing much of the eastern U.S. in smoke and haze—their health impact, and how to combat them in the future.
Johns Hopkins experts discuss the implications of the conclusion of the federal public health emergency for COVID-19 treatment, vaccines, and data collection.
Advances in artificial intelligence: Defining a new era
Johns Hopkins experts explore the latest developments in artificial intelligence, including AI language learning programs such as ChatGPT, disinformation campaigns, ethical concerns involving artificial intelligence, and AI in health care.
The second event in a two-part series of expert briefings examines the potential policy and political changes resulting from the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Topics covered included climate, health care, education, and international relations.
The first of a two-part series of expert briefings on the 2022 U.S. midterms addressed civic participation and voter turnout, social polarization, the crisis of liberal democracy, protest and unrest, and historical context.
The James Webb Space Telescope and a New Era of Scientific Discovery
Topics discussed include why James Webb Space Telescope was built, what was required to get it ready for science operations, the Webb’s first full-color images and what they revealed, JWST’s first year of observations, and the future of its science mission.
Topics covered include the prevention and treatment of monkeypox, how monkeypox is transmitted and ways to contain its spread, the social context for monkeypox and ways to reduce stigma around the outbreaks, and the availability and distribution of monkeypox vaccines.
Responding to gun violence with effective and fair solutions
Topics discussed include the challenge gun violence poses for American democracy, which gun laws are effective, Extreme Risk Protection Orders and how they can help to prevent gun violence, research on public opinion about solutions to gun violence, and measures to promote student safety and health in a time of rising gun violence.
This briefing included discussion of the historical backstory to the war and the likely consequences for international order, the humanitarian crisis and how it has evolved, the conflict’s impacts on global food systems and food security, and the war’s effects on European politics and the European Union.
This briefing included discussion of the historical backstory to the conflict and the significance of this moment in history, the human costs of the war and the evolving humanitarian crisis, the threat of Russian weapon of mass destruction use in Ukraine; cyber threats to Ukraine and other democracies, and the war’s implications for economic globalization.
