Initiated in 2008, Grand Rounds is a community conversation on the science, education, and practice of public health. The series provides 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.
COVID-19 has served as a magnifying glass on a broken, structurally racist and unequal health system which falls grievously short of protecting communities of color, the aged and the vulnerable. It also has highlighted the devastating consequences of our country’s absence of a public health system charged with protecting and elevating health for all. This year we will deepen our understanding, research, teaching and action on this topic, through our Grand Rounds on the Future of Public Health Series.
All events are open to the public. For questions or more information, please contact las2336 [at] cumc.columbia.edu (Lauren Sagnella).
Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Please notify the office at least 10 days in advance if you require closed captioning, sign-language interpretation or any other disability accommodations. Alternatively, Disability Services can be reached at 212.854.2388 and disability [at] columbia.edu.
2020-2021 Events
Creating a Public Health System for Equity
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Oxiris Barbot, MD
Former Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Senior Fellow for Public Health and Social Justice with The JPB Foundation
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Population and Family Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Wes Moore
Chief Executive Officer, Robin Hood
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (moderator)
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice
Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine
Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center
Racism and the Public’s Health
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Mary T. Bassett, MPH, MD
Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University
Former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2016 Awardee of the Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA (moderator)
University Professor, Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
Epidemiology (In ICAP)
Director, ICAP
Protecting (Not Isolating) the Vulnerable
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Howard Zucker, MD, JD
Commissioner of Health for New York State
Shari M. Ling, MD
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (moderator)
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice
Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine
Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center
2020: The Year of COVID-19
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (moderator)
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice
Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine
Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center
Delivering Equity Through the Public Health System
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD
President of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD
President
Professor of Public Health Sciences, Health Sector Management and Policy, and Sociology
University of Miami
Winners of the Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (moderator)
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice
Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine
Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center
With opening remarks from Francesca Calderone-Steichen, MPH
Optimizing Federal and Local Public Health Systems
for the Next Pandemic
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc
Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Sylvia M. Burwell
President, American University
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (moderator)
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice
Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine
Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center
Environmental Justice for the Public’s Health
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Adrienne Hollis, PhD, JD
Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist
Union of Concerned Scientists
Jacqueline Patterson
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice
NAACP
Terry McGovern, JD (moderator)
Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn Professor
Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center
Chair, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
COVID-19 Lessons for Population Mental Health
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Gary S. Belkin, MD, PhD, MPH
Founder, Billion Minds Institute
Former NYC Deputy Health Commissioner
2020-2021 McSilver Fellow-in-Residence
McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University
Kathleen J. Sikkema, PhD
Chair and Stephen Smith Professor
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (moderator)
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice
Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine
Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center
