On Jan. 28, Denver Health will host an essential community conversation examining what history teaches us about the current state of global public health. The event features Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, director of the Duke Global Health Institute and one of the world's foremost epidemiologists, who has spent three decades on the front lines of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 treatment and research. A member of the National Academy of Medicine and past president of the International AIDS Society, Beyrer brings unparalleled expertise in infectious disease epidemiology and human rights advocacy. His recent work has highlighted unprecedented challenges facing global health infrastructure, including funding crises affecting programs like PEPFAR that have saved millions of lives worldwide.

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The conversation, moderated by Denver Health's own Bob Belknap, MD, executive director of the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, and Matt Wynia, MD, from the CU Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities, promises timely insights for our community. With a 5 p.m. reception followed by the program from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., attendees can join in person at the Denver Health Campus or via Zoom. This collaboration between the CU Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities' Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics program and Denver Health offers a rare opportunity to engage with pressing questions about health equity, access to care and the future of public health systems both locally and globally.