The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep fractures in the relationship between science, public health institutions, and the communities they serve. Amid political polarization, misinformation, and declining public confidence, simply asking people to "trust the science" is no longer enough. Join Joshua Sharfstein, MD, Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, for a Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine seminar exploring the challenges facing public health in a post-COVID world—and what it will take to rebuild trust through transparency, effective communication, and meaningful public engagement.
Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein is Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he also serves as Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement and as Director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. A pediatrician by training, he is a former health commissioner of Baltimore, Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Public Administration.
Dr. Sharfstein is the author of The Public Health Crisis Survival Guide: Leadership and Management in Trying Times, published in 2018, the co-author of The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know, published in 2019, and the co-author of Information Sick: How Journalism's Decline and Misinformation's Rise Are Harming Our Health — And What We Can Do About It, published in 2025. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Event DateTuesday, February 9, 2027Start Time: 4:00pm ESTEnd Time: 5:00pm EST
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ContactOffice of Alumni RelationsJoe LetourneauLifelong Learning(800) JHU-JHU1HopkinsatHome@jhu.edu
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