Speaker to discuss resource allocation and health disparities

Sridhar Venkatapuram, Ph.D.

Sridhar Venkatapuram, Ph.D., a lecturer in global health and philosophy, and director of the Master of Science program in Global Health & Social Justice at King’s College London, will present a lecture in the College of Public Health today.

His lecture, “Is better resource allocation the solution to unjust health disparities?” will be at noon in Room 3013 of the Maurer Center for Public Health. The lecture is open to the public. Watch his lecture live.

Dr. Venkatapuram, an expert in global/public health, human rights, ethics and philosophy, has been at the forefront of health ethics and global health for more than 20 years. He aims to bridge normative reasoning, particularly about social justice, with relevant natural and social sciences related to human health.