Politics and Policy
The Science and Politics of Vaccines Collide
Dr. Howard Forman reflects on heartening new evidence for the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine—and troubling signs of vaccine skepticism from the Trump administration.
How do we manage disasters?
Healthcare is a field known for its complexity and fragmentation. Managing a massive cross-sectoral healthcare project is always a challenge. Coordinating the healthcare response to a disaster puts a strained system under even more pressure. John Piescik ’81 looked into the way the healthcare system responds to disaster for MITRE a not-for-profit company that operates three federally funded research and development centers. His findings may have implications well beyond healthcare, providing a means to manage solutions to some of the complex problems facing society.