Alta Charo was appointed to the National Academy of Medicine's new Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases, which is tasked with rapid response to Health & Human Services and White House questions, and with looking into responses to future threats. Charo co-chairs the working group looking at issues in which science, law and ethics converge, such as how to responsibly open workplaces, how to reduce racial disparities in outcomes or overall how to better structure the public health system.

Submitted by Law School News on April 28, 2020

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