047 - Back to School? Reopening a University During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

News, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Colleges and universities are already starting to think about what it would take to reopen for the fall semester. But bringing back students, faculty, and staff—and welcoming the class of 2024—will require a complete rethinking of campus life. Dr. Preeti Malani, chief health officer of the University of Michigan, talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how she's considering the health and safety of 50,000 students plus faculty and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Public Health On Call, a new podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
0:12.7	Our focus is the novel coronavirus.
0:15.2	I'm Josh Sharfstein, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins, and also a former secretary of Maryland's health department.
0:21.6	Our goal with this podcast is to bring evidence and experts to help you understand today's
0:26.9	news about the novel coronavirus and what it means for tomorrow.
0:30.5	If you have questions, you can email them to public health question at jhh.edu.
0:36.3	That's public health question at jh.hu.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:42.7	Today, I'm speaking to Dr. Preeti Malani, the chief health officer of the University of Michigan.
0:49.9	She is the lead health advisor for the entire campus.
0:54.0	We are talking about how the university made a decision
0:57.1	to shut down a few weeks ago and what it would take
1:00.6	to open up again this fall.
1:03.4	Let's listen.
1:05.3	Dr. Malani, thank you so much for joining me.
1:08.4	Can you tell me a little bit about what your job is at the University of Michigan? Sure, and thank you for joining me. Can you tell me a little bit about what your job is
1:11.2	at the University of Michigan?
1:12.5	Sure, and thank you for having me.
1:14.2	My role is as the university's chief health officer.
1:17.6	And so it's a great role because I advise the president
1:20.7	of the university and the executive officers
1:23.4	on really all aspects of health and well-being.
1:26.3	It's a double bonus because our president happens to be a physician.
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