Institute of Politics

Will years of political backlash to scientists, health care providers and government mandates stymie America’s preeminence as the world’s leader in science and technology? How did a global pandemic and myriad other factors lead to broad disenchantment with the experts who once enjoyed bipartisan faith, and how do these chasms defy traditional left-right tensions? Is there a path to bridge this divide and restore faith in science and technology as essential tools of broadly shared progress? Dr. Monarez is best known as the CDC director who served less than a month under HHS Secretary RFK Jr., but she has spent decades in the trenches of public health in the states and abroad. In conversation with Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist who has written four memoirs on medicine, including Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician. If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact iopevents@uchicago.edu. Monday, November 17, 2025 5:30 – 6:45 pm Bond Chapel