Ari Goldman
Professor Emeritus of Journalism
Columbia Journalism School

Gregory Khalil
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Journalism
Columbia Journalism School

Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (Moderator)
Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
Director, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center

Ari Goldman and Gregory Khalil co-teach “Covering Religion” at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism–despite often opposing worldviews on topics they regularly discuss, including Israel/Palestine. They will share how they together navigate their personal convictions to teach responsible and ethical standards of journalism to diverse groups of students, and how these skills might transfer to the field of public health.

The theme for the 2024-2025 Grand Rounds series is Urgent Care: Public Health and the World Today. In an era of conflict, crisis, disinformation and fragmentation, public health is more challenging – and more urgent – than ever. 2024-25’s Grand Rounds will look at the role of public health in current affairs, and the way current affairs are impacting public health. Together we’ll engage in discussions about today’s greatest public health challenges, how to learn across differences, potential compromises and solutions, and apply an interdisciplinary lens to understand how some of the biggest debates of the moment are shaping the sector. From themes like the political determinants of health, understanding the toll of inequality on the health of people, and the health consequences of war and crisis, Grand Rounds will focus on threats to public health today as well as what we need to address them.

Grand Rounds was initiated in 2008 at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health to create 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.

We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require disability accommodation to attend this event, please contact disability@columbia.edu no later than 10 days prior to event date. We will work with our colleagues at Disability Services to fulfill requests made after this date, but cannot guarantee they will be met.

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