About Events Building the CDC that America Needs Building the CDC that America Needs January 27, 2023 - 11:00 AM In Person & Virtual REGISTER Join the Miller Center, with Batten Prof. Margaret Foster Riley as a moderator, for expert assessment of the state of America’s public health systems and the future of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant weaknesses in U.S. global health security policy and infrastructure, leading to crises on several fronts. The Miller Center’s new Health Care Policy Project joins Stephen Morrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)—who is also the Miller Center’s James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor—for a timely and important conversation about what lies ahead for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In January 2023, the CSIS’s Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security released a compelling report, Building the CDC the Country Needs, which examines why the CDC is essential to protecting the health of Americans and highlights the peril the agency currently faces. Three years into the pandemic, what is the way forward to improve the CDC’s performance and restore the trust and confidence of the American people? Margaret Foster Riley Margaret Foster Riley is a professor of law and public policy at the Batten School, a professor of law at UVA's School of Law and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Riley has written and presented extensively about biomedical research, genetics, reproductive technologies, stem cell research, animal biotechnology, health disparities and chronic disease. She serves as chair of UVA’s Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee and as legal advisor to the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board, which is responsible for reviewing all human subject research at UVA involving medically invasive procedures. Read full bio Tom Inglesby Tom Inglesby is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he is also a professor with a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Inglesby's work is internationally recognized in the fields of public health preparedness, pandemic and emerging infectious disease, and prevention of and response to biological threats. He was chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Center for Preparedness and Response at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2010 to 2019. He has served as advisor to US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), US Department of Defense, and US Department of Homeland Security on preparedness and response issues and has testified before Congress on many occasions. J. Stephen Morrison J. Stephen Morrison, the Miller Center’s James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor, is a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C. He founded and directs CSIS’s Global Health Policy Center, which concentrates on the geopolitical and national security dimensions of U.S. leadership in international health, with an emphasis on bipartisanship and multilateral institutions, partnerships with private industry, foundations, advocates, and the faith community. Morrison has spearheaded work that shapes decisions in Congress and the administration on HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, reproductive health, gender equity, immunizations, and health security, including pandemic preparedness, acceleration of technological innovations, and coping with anti-science and a polluted digital world. Related Content Margaret Foster Riley Batten's Margaret Foster Riley and Colleagues Weigh in on Biden's COVID-19 Plan News According to experts interviewed Friday in a webinar hosted by UVA's Miller Center, we are in a grim period, but if we continue to follow public health measures and increase vaccinations, the end of the pandemic is at least in sight. Margaret Foster Riley on the Pandemic Plan: Operation Warp Speed News Batten's Margaret Foster Riley examines challenges facing coronavirus vaccine distribution during the presidential transition. Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Margaret Foster Riley Margaret Foster Riley is a professor of law and public policy at the Batten School, a professor of law at UVA's School of Law and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Riley has written and presented extensively about biomedical research, genetics, reproductive technologies, stem cell research, animal biotechnology, health disparities and chronic disease. She serves as chair of UVA’s Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee and as legal advisor to the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board, which is responsible for reviewing all human subject research at UVA involving medically invasive procedures. Read full bio
Batten's Margaret Foster Riley and Colleagues Weigh in on Biden's COVID-19 Plan News According to experts interviewed Friday in a webinar hosted by UVA's Miller Center, we are in a grim period, but if we continue to follow public health measures and increase vaccinations, the end of the pandemic is at least in sight.
Margaret Foster Riley on the Pandemic Plan: Operation Warp Speed News Batten's Margaret Foster Riley examines challenges facing coronavirus vaccine distribution during the presidential transition.