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About Public Health in Times of War and Conflict

Leading global public health scholars and practitioners will share their deep personal and professional experience in responding to the health needs in conflict zones. They will discuss the vital role of the global public health community, share firsthand insights into navigating the complex politics of delivering essential public health interventions during conflicts, and explore strategies to protect health and well-being amidst crises.

Featuring:

Seema Jilani, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Fulbright Scholar, Truman National Security Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital

L.H. Lumey, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center

Sid Naing, MBBS, MPH, MPA
Research Scholar, Yale University

Thoại D. Ngô, PhD, MHS(Moderator)
Professor of Population and Family Health
Chair, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health

About Grand Rounds:

The theme for the 2024-2025 Grand Rounds series is Urgent Care: Public Health and the World Today. In an era of conflict, crisis, disinformation and fragmentation, public health is more challenging - and more urgent - than ever. 2024-25’s Grand Rounds will look at the role of public health in current affairs, and the way current affairs are impacting public health. Together we’ll engage in discussions about today’s greatest public health challenges, how to learn across differences, potential compromises and solutions, and apply an interdisciplinary lens to understand how some of the biggest debates of the moment are shaping the sector. From themes like the political determinants of health, understanding the toll of inequality on the health of people, and the health consequences of war and crisis, Grand Rounds will focus on threats to public health today as well as what we need to address them.

Grand Rounds was initiated in 2008 at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health to create an intellectual space within which to explore national and global public health challenges and the innovative approaches needed to transform the public’s health in the 21st century.