Seminar limited to 15 freshmen led by senior faculty on broad topics in public health such as financing health care, promoting preventive behavior, controlling major public health problems such as world hunger, AIDS, drugs, and the population explosion.

This seminar will follow the life cycle of innovation from research through commercialization, FDA authorization, insurance coverage, pricing, and adoption. Examples will include Covid vaccines, orphan drugs, antibiotics for drug-resistant infections, and medical devices. Themes include incentives for investment in innovation, equity in access, global competition, and the appropriate role for public policy. Each week students will read one article and write a one-page reflection on the issues raised. Class is limited to 15 students and is structured to encourage discussion with the professor.

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