Guest Speakers

What Makes a Leader?

What characteristics make a leader and what challenges will public health leaders face in the coming years? Some of public health’s biggest names discussed these topics at a forum moderated by Will Hueston, at left, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota.

Genomics and Public Health

The population-based approach of public health genomics provides the best strategy to translate scientific discovery to improvements in health, according to Muin Khoury, director of the CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics.

Ethical Decision-Making in Times of Threat

Public health’s goal to serve the common good is never more at odds with individual rights than in times of emergency. Jeffrey Kahn sees this tension in his work directing the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota.