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How to Act—and Not Act—in Public Health Crises: A Conversation with Dr. Linda Rosenstock

May 18, 2020 • UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy • Episode 6

Dr. Linda Rosenstock, Professor and Dean Emeritus of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, joins Then & Now to share her rich experience in the public health field and helps us make sense of the current response to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. She describes the development of local, national, and global public health infrastructures, and describes what has worked in the past and what isn't working today.