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Past Event

Reimagining Global Health for Equity

September 23, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
America/New_York
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 8th Floor Auditorium

At a moment of profound change in global health, join our next PopTalks as Dr. Thoai Ngo (Chair, Columbia PopFam) hosts Professor Judd Walson (Chair, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) for a timely conversation on reimagining the global health architecture. 

This special PopTalks will explore the urgent need to reimagine global health for equity. 
Amid shifting funding landscapes, new geopolitical realities, and widening inequities, the field faces pressing questions: 

  • How can we build a more just and sustainable global health system? 

  • What role should schools of public health play in training leaders and shaping solutions? 

  • How can global health leaders advance equity and impact in an era of uncertainty? 

Together, Drs. Thoai Ngo and Judd Walson will examine what it will take to move beyond the status quo—and how academia, practitioners, funders, and policymakers can work together to chart a future with equity at the center of global health. 

About Our Guest 

Dr. Judd Walson is the inaugural Robert E. Black Chair of the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A physician trained in internal medicine, pediatrics, and infectious diseases, his work focuses on interventions to improve child survival, growth, and development across Africa and South Asia. 

He co-leads the CHAIN Network, advancing strategies to reduce mortality among acutely ill children, and leads the DeWorm3 trial, a landmark study working to eliminate intestinal parasites affecting vulnerable communities. 

*Open to everyone online, and in-person participation is reserved to Columbia University affiliates.  

Contact Information

Cynthia Abreu