The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the need for accurate, trusted, public information about science and health. Swirling amid the global public health crisis is an "infodemic"—too much rapidly spreading information, especially disinformation and misinformation—fueling mistrust and, in some cases, endangering health and well-being in the US and around the world. This session will explore the challenges of communicating science and health findings, lessons learned from the pandemic, and strategies for making reliable science and health information trusted, accessible, understandable, and purposeful.

Moderator

Joe Smyser
CEO, The Public Good Projects

Speakers

Julie Gerberding
Chief Patient Officer and Executive Vice President, Merck

Olusimbo Ige
Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Health Equity Capacity Building, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Stephen Massey
Co-Founder, Meteorite; Managing Director, Health Action Alliance

John Whyte
Chief Medical Officer, WebMD