Monkeypox: Old Disease, New Fears

This program will explore the importance of stopping the spread of monkeypox without encouraging the spread of stigma. Speakers will address both the epidemiological and social challenges posed by the disease, including what we can learn from past disease outbreaks and from the COVID pandemic. As the country grapples with how best to address monkeypox, there is little doubt that doing so requires both an effective public health response and a clear eye on the challenges of stigma that can readily emerge around the disease.

Cohosted with The LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff and the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Speakers:
Kellan Baker
Executive Director, Whitman-Walker Institute

Sean Cahill
Director, Health Policy Research, Fenway Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

David Hamer
Acting Director, Center for Emerging Infectious Disease Research and Policy; Professor, Global Health and Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine

Elle Lett
Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital

Angela Rasmussen
Research Scientist, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan

Craig S. Andrade
Associate Dean for Practice, Boston University School of Public Health (MODERATOR) (SPH'06,'11)