Can We Do Better in the Next Pandemic? Minnesota Leaders Consider Public Health & Equity

A panel of leaders in the Minnesota COVID response met for a May 10 webinar to consider the lessons for the next pandemic. The panel -- moderated by Regents Professor and Consortium Chair, Susan Wolf, JD, who co-led the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative (MCEC), and Medical School Vice Dean Ana Núñez, MD, FACP -- included Debra DeBruin, PhD, MCEC co-lead and Director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Bioethics (a Consortium member center); Maria Veronica Svetaz, MD, MPH, family physician at Hennepin Healthcare, UMN Associate Professor of Family Medicine, and health equity scholar; and Jeffrey Dichter, MD, UMN Associate Professor of Medicine, disaster preparedness expert, and chair of the Minnesota Critical Care Working Group. The webinar was part of the U’s Medical School Dean’s Lecture Series. To view the video, visit the Medical School Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion website.