Sandro Galea, physician and epidemiologist, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health and the author of The Contagion Next Time (Oxford University Press, 2021) argues that the problems in U.S. public health systems, including racial disparities, predated the pandemic and need to be repaired before the next crisis.

→EVENT: Dr. Galea has a virtual book event coming up on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 5 pm via the Harvard Book Store where he'll be in conversation with Arianna Huffington.