Name: An Honest Debate During Public Health Crises
Start: 2025-04-11T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-11T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Beckwith Recital Hall

Phillip Phan presents, "An Honest Debate During Public Health Crises," in the Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop.
About this Event

Phillip Phan presents, "An Honest Debate During Public Health Crises" in the Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop. This event is free and open to all members of the NDSU community and the public. The workshop format includes a 40-minute presentation followed by audience Q&A. After the presentation, light food and refreshments will be served in the Challey School of Music Atrium.
Who is Phillip Phan?
Phillip H. Phan, Ph.D., is Alonzo and Virginia Decker Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with joint appointment as Professor in the Department of Medicine. He is Robert Bosch Policy Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.
His academic and professional work focuses on innovations in health care that impacts patient safety and quality. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed research papers and is author/editor of 13 scholarly books. He is Deputy Editor of the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Academic Editor of Medicine®, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Technology Transfer. He reviews for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation.
He is director of the Networking and Mentoring Core for the Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence Collaboratory for Aging Research, and PI of the Johns Hopkins Innovation for Substance Use Disorder (I4SUD) program, a NIDA-funded national technology commercialization training program for researchers in substance use disorders.
What is the Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop?
The Human Progress and Flourishing Workshop invites internationally renowned scholars and speakers from across the country to present research and engage in discussion with the community. The series focuses on solutions and policies that contribute to opportunity, innovation, and individual and societal flourishing. The workshop is available as a one-credit course (BUSN 491/690) for undergraduate and graduate students. You do not need to be enrolled in the course to attend these events.
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