Trump is trying to destroy universities - Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University
Update: 2025-04-11
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Kamran Abbasi interviews Professor Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University and former COVID-19 pandemic advisor to President Biden.
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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.
- 02:20 The MAHA movement and RFK Jnr.
- 07:40 Does evidence still matter?
- 13:35 Trump administration is helping China
- 15:10 Policymaking in Trump’s shadow
- 23:35 Where do universities go from here?
- 28:48 Censorship, research funding and academic freedom
- 33:35 Health inequalities within America
- 36:20 A resurgent anti-vax message
- 41:24 What Ashish’s got wrong about the pandemic response
- 45:31 When is enough for research data?
- 47:14 Future hope and how to pushback in smart ways
Reading list:
Professor Jha’s December 2024 editorial on the Trump admin’s plans for American healthcare coverage
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