Jason Chin, Ph.D., professor of chemistry & chemical biology, department of chemistry, University of Cambridge; programme leader, division of protein & nucleic acid chemistry, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Gaby Maimon, Ph.D., professor and head, Laboratory of Integrative Brain Function, The Rockefeller University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D., Robin Chemers Neustein Professor and head, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University; vice president and chief scientific officer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
In public health, fear-based campaigns are regarded (rightly so) with caution and concern because their side effects of stigma and scapegoating can be so toxic. Those worries have been shaped by an awareness of the formidable power of mass media (newspapers, radio, TV) and now the “new” social media to amplify public health messaging in unexpected and undesirable ways. In this talk, Dr. Tomes will present a brief history of what she terms the “panic problem” in U.S. American public health practice to stimulate a discussion of those questions: how do we motivate people to act in a public health crisis without inducing some degree of fear? Is there a place for healthy fear in public health messaging today and if so, what would it look like?
Nancy Tomes, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History, Stony Brook University
Andreas Martin, Ph.D., HHMI Investigator and Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Tri-Institutional Calendars
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