A panel discussion on the future of health care will be held at UB on November 29th, featuring experts from both local and national levels. The event is free and open to the public, taking place from 3-5 p.m. in the M&T Auditorium in the Jacobs School, with a networking reception following from 5-6:30 p.m.

For those unable to attend in person, a virtual option is available. Registration for both in-person and virtual attendance can be done online. Moderating the panel will be Allison Brashear, the vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School, and Adnan Siddiqui, the CEO and CMO of the Jacobs Institute and vice chair and professor of neurosurgery in the Jacobs School.

The panel discussion will cover topics such as “Self-Health Rising,” “Navigating the Intersection: Politics, Climate Change, and Public Health,” and “Health Equity and the Path Forward.” In addition to Brashear and Siddiqui, other panelists include Ethan Watters and David E. Duncan, senior and executive editors of the Future of Health Report, respectively. Diana Aga, the director of UB’s RENEW Institute, Nancy Nielsen, the senior associate dean for health policy in the Jacobs School, Rev. George Nicholas, the pastor of Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church and CEO of Buffalo Center for Health Equity