Bloomberg American Health Summit—Public Health: On Location

Description

The fifth annual Bloomberg American Health Summit will bring together practitioners, innovators, and policymakers from around the country who are working to address a number of national and global public health challenges unfolding at an unprecedented scale. These pressing issues include the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the overdose epidemic, adolescent mental health, and gun violence. With this backdrop, the importance of local public health efforts has never been greater, and this year's summit will help raise best practices from communities to a national level.

The event will be held in-person, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, and will also be available in a livestream on YouTube. The theme "Public Health: On Location," will examine the importance of local public health efforts in shaping national policies and solutions. It is being hosted by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, created in 2016 with a $300 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Through a series of on-stage conversations, the event will highlight successful local efforts, explore implications for national policy, and explore opportunities to continue improving equity and access to quality healthcare.

Select speakers include:

• Kiara Alvarez, Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Mary T. Bassett, New York State Commissioner of Health
• Cheryl Bettigole, Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
• Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloomberg LP, 108th Mayor of New York City and WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases & Injuries
• Robert D. Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy and founding Director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University
• Chinazo Cunningham, Commissioner, New York State Office of Addiction Services & Supports
• Ronald J. Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University
• Lisa Heinzerling, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., Professor of Law, Georgetown University
• Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico
• Ellen J. MacKenzie, Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Michael A. Nutter, Former Mayor, City of Philadelphia
• Josh M. Sharfstein, Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
• Michelle Spencer, Associate Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
• Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A full agenda with more details will be available here.