Today’s news of pandemic and racism has catapulted the field of public health onto the global stage. Public health education, in particular, has come into focus as a critical tool for navigating misinformation and shedding light on the truths of our moment. This pursuit of truth is embedded even in Harvard University’s guiding motto—Veritas. With this vision in mind, the incoming cohort at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was welcomed by GHELI Faculty Director Dr. Sue J. Goldie. This special welcome was recently featured in the Harvard Gazette article titled “Preparing Grad and Professional Schools for Remote Fall.”
Her welcome message offers insight from her experience in the fields of medicine, global health, and decision science, as an educator and policy expert keenly aware of decisions in public health and the profound, far-reaching implications that they have globally. At this crucial moment in online pedagogy and public health, Dr. Goldie has developed the Foundations for Public Health course, leveraging GHELI’s expertise in inclusive, multimodal learning. GHELI continues to develop tools for educators so that they can best address the needs of this time, some of which can be viewed in our Teaching Toolkit: COVID-19 Resources for Educators.