Events

Speakers: Huang Yanzhong, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor and Director of Global Health Studies, Seton Hall University Yang Wan, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Nicholas Bartlett, Assistant Professor, AMEC/EALAC, Barnard College, Columbia University Moderated by: Weiping Wu, Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia GSAPP and Director of the M.S. Urban Planning program Please join us for an interdisciplinary conversation about China’s response to the coronavirus. With Huang Yanzhong, Yang Wan and Nick Bartlett, moderated by Weiping Wu. This panel will feature brief presentations and a conversation about the emergence and recent response to the current outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), with a particular focus on recent efforts aiming to treat and prevent additional infections. Drawing on perspectives from epidemiology, public health and governance, urban planning, and medical anthropology, the panelists will discuss recent developments and reflect on the potential consequences for social life in China and beyond. The event will include extended time for discussion with the audience.