Voices in Leadership

WebMD Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, engages in conversation with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor, Barry Bloom. The discussion will center around Dr. Whyte’s public and private sector leadership as well as the role that WebMD plays in disseminating and providing accurate information to consumers.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joins the program and engages in a discussion with Dean Michelle Williams and former Rep. Jeff Sánchez about ending racism in public health and other topics.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joins the program to discuss issues related to leadership during crises. He will address his response to COVID-19 and vaccinations, systemic racism, and homelessness.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joins the program to discuss issues related to leadership during dual crises. She will address the issues of working to confront COVID-19 and systemic racism.

Governor Deval Patrick joins the program to discuss issues related to leadership during the pandemic. He will address the problems of COVID-19 and systemic racism for Black and Brown populations and offer possible solutions for these major public health problems.

Martin J. Walsh, a lifelong champion of working people and a proud product of the City of Boston, is the City’s 54th mayor. Mayor Walsh will have a conversation with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean, Michelle Williams about this declaration that racism is a public health crisis.

Michelle Williams, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Jeffrey Sánchez, former Massachusetts state representative and lecturer at the Harvard T.H. Chan School will have a conversation about the Op-Ed the co-authored in the Washington Post titled, “Racism is killing black people. It’s sickening them, too.” It was published on June 4, 2020. The moderator is Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management.

Karl Wilhelm Lauterbach, professor of Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Cologne, Member of the Deutsche Bundestag, and an Adjunct Faculty Member of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health will discuss the German response to the coronavirus pandemic with John E. McDonough, Professor of Public Health Practice in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of Executive and Continuing Professional Education.

Dr. Patricia Garcia, Professor at the School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, former Minister of Health of Peru (2016-2017), and 2018 Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will talk with Professor Robert Blendon about the response to the coronavirus epidemic in Peru.

Dr. Subramaniam Sathasivam, the former Minister of Health of Malaysia (2013-2018) discusses the Malaysian response to coronavirus and how they were able to reduce the number of new cases. Moderated by Dr. Rifat Atun, Professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University and the Faculty Chair for the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program.