"We Asked 6 Infectious Disease Experts What's Changed Since The Pandemic Began"
For the past three years, the LAist newsroom's public affairs show "AirTalk" — which airs weekdays on 89.3 FM — has dedicated hundreds of on-air hours to COVID-19 coverage. One of the ways AirTalk has been able to deliver this information is through a powerhouse roster of COVID-19 experts working on the frontlines who offered their time and answered your questions.
We brought the experts together for a special live event at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, and asked them how their lives have personally changed, what they’d change about public messaging looking back and how we use what we’ve learned to prepare for the next global health crisis — and much more.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, and Dr. Kristen Choi, assistant professor of health policy and management, participated as panel experts.
Faculty Referenced by this Article
Robert J. Kim-Farley, MD, MPH, is a Professor-in-Residence with joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences
EMPH Academic Program Director with expertise in healthcare marketing, finance, and reproductive health policy, teaching in the EMPH, MPH, MHA program
Nationally recognized health services researcher and sociomedical scientist with 25+ years' experience in effectiveness and implementation research.
Director of Field Studies and Applied Professional Training
Dr. Hankinson is a Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and of EHS, and Chair of the Molecular Toxicology IDP
Automated and accessible artificial intelligence methods and software for biomedical data science.
Director, Executive Programs in Health Policy and Management
Dr. Joseph Davey is an infectious disease epidemiologist with over 20 years' experience leading research on HIV/STI services for women and children.
Industrial Hygiene & Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Ron Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Departments of Health Policy and Management.
Assistant Director, MPH for Health Professionals Program
Dr. Michelle S. Keller is a health services researcher whose research focuses on the use and prescribing of high-risk medications.
Assistant Dean for Research & Adjunct Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences
Associate Professor for Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health Sciences
Professor of Community Health Sciences & Health Policy and Management, and Associate Dean for Research
Academic Personnel Coordinator/Assistant to the Chair
