Defying Erasure: Embodied Truths will Endure - An Ecosocial Health Equity Perspective In-Person
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Please join Dr. Nancy Krieger for a lunchtime talk co-sponsored by the Countway Library Center for the History of Medicine.
In the U.S., public health knowledge and work is being deeply affected by the current turbulent and polarized context, evident in both the US and globally. Dr. Krieger will examine the many forms of erasure currently affecting U.S. public health—from the alteration or removal of websites and datasets to the silencing of specific words, topics, and even people—and who is defying these erasures and how. Dr. Krieger will share two examples of defying erasure: one concerned with data preservation for health equity, and the other involving research on discrimination and health. Dr. Krieger will conclude by making the case that embodied truths exist, will endure, and are an ecosocial reality that cannot be erased.
Coffee and donut holes will be provided.
Dr. Nancy Krieger is an internationally renowned Professor of Social Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and author of numerous books and articles, including the recently updated Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context (Second Edition, 2024).
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 24, 2026
- Time:
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Countway Library - Ware Room (5th Floor)
- Campus Location:
- Harvard Longwood Campus
- Categories:
- Events History of Medicine