The role of policy in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis: a conversation with Professors Sandro Galea and Martin McKee

February 2, 2021 - 12:30-13:30

IHSP Policy Talks Webinar

The role of policy in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis: a conversation with Professors Sandro Galea and Martin McKee

Speakers:

Sandro Galea
Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean
Boston University School of Public Health

Martin McKee
Professor
European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Description:

Moderated by IHSP Associate Member Erin Strumpf, this session features a conversation with two eminent population health scholars, Sandro Galea and Martin McKee, on the relation between evidence and policy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. Potential topics include: how public policy responses have evolved during the pandemic; how evidence has informed policy prescriptions (or not); what we’ve learned about policy effectiveness; and how we should prioritize population health research moving forward.

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