Name: Science at a Crossroads: What's at Stake?
Start: 2025-04-22T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-22T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Fenway Health

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Science at a Crossroads: What's at Stake?

Tuesday

,

April

22

,

2025

6:00pm

—

8:00pm

View recording

About the Event

Join us in person or virtually for a discussion with science leaders in New England hosted by Globe health editor Anna Kuchment. Under the new Trump administration, the government is laying off thousands of workers at federal science agencies and abruptly terminating hundreds of millions of dollars in research awards to institutions like Harvard, Columbia and the Mass General Brigham Hospital system. We’ll discuss where science goes from here.

Refreshments will be served.

Where

Fenway Health

Ansin Building, Floor 10

1340 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02215

Agenda

5:00–6:00 p.m.

Doors open + Check-in Begins

6:00–7:00 p.m.

Programming: Panel + Q&A

7:00–8:00 p.m.

Post-Panel Reception

About the Event

The first panel will examine these issues from a business/technological standpoint, and the second panel will dive into the implications on policy and politics. Panelists, made up of a combination of mayors, policy makers, academia and industry leaders, will discuss the future of work and the likely impact of automation, innovation, and other trends on cities across the United States.

Registrations will be accepted in the order they are received and based on availability.

Panelists

Moderator

Anna Kuchment

Health and Medical Editor,

The Boston Globe

Bob Langer Sc.D.

Institute Professor,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH

Dean of Brown University School of Public Health,

Brown University

C. Brandon Ogbunu

Professor/Associate Professor,

Santa Fe Institute and Yale University

Brittany Charlton

Associate Professor,

Harvard Chan School of Public Health

Location Partner:

Since 1971, Fenway Health has been working to make life healthier for the people in their neighborhood, the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with HIV/AIDS and the broader population. Fenway Health advocates for and delivers innovative, equitable, accessible health care, supportive services, and transformative research and education.

Venue

Parking will be covered by the event. Please provide your garage ticket upon checking in.

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Notice of Filming and Photography: When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By entering this space, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction.

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