Kamran Abbasi interviews Professor Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University and former COVID-19 pandemic advisor to President Biden.
Trump’s second term has touched everything in the US political sphere - and health is no exception. With research funding for medicine and science weathering under Trump’s storm of cuts, how can Americans who care about public health and data navigate a course through the swells?
Professor Jha discusses how to resist an anti-vaccine resurgence, and comments on revisionist narratives that drive ill-conceived public health policies.
 
<ul>
<li>02:20 The MAHA movement and RFK Jnr.</li>
<li>07:40 Does evidence still matter?</li>
<li>13:35 Trump administration is helping China</li>
<li>15:10 Policymaking in Trump’s shadow</li>
<li>23:35 Where do universities go from here?</li>
<li>28:48 Censorship, research funding and academic freedom</li>
<li>33:35 Health inequalities within America</li>
<li>36:20 A resurgent anti-vax message</li>
<li>41:24 What Ashish’s got wrong about the pandemic response</li>
<li>45:31 When is enough for research data?</li>
<li>47:14 Future hope and how to pushback in smart ways</li>
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Reading list:
Professor Jha’s December 2024 editorial on the <a href='https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2801.'>Trump admin’s plans for American healthcare coverage</a>

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