By Randy Fox
Rochelle Walensky answers questions during a Q&A session moderated by George Q. Daley, right, after delivering the annual Kantoff-Sang Dean’s Lecture. Image: Channing Johnson
Mark S. Hughes and Delia N. Sang enjoy the lecture. Image: Channing Johnson
Rochelle Walensky chats with lecture attendees at a reception in the Tosteson Medical Education Center atrium. Image: Channing Johnson
Delia N. Sang, center, with Philip Kantoff and his wife, Lorelei Mucci. Image: Channing Johnson
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH ’01, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), delivered the annual Kantoff-Sang Dean’s Lecture on April 29 at the Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC). During her two and a half years as CDC chief, Walensky navigated the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her talk, “Lessons from the Front Lines of Public Health,” highlighted the lessons she has learned and their relevance to current and future public health challenges.
Curated by HMS Dean George Q. Daley, AB ’82, MD ’91, PhD, this annual lecture features distinguished speakers sharing insights from their fields. Mark S. Hughes, AB ’82, MD ’86, and Delia N. Sang, AB ’71, MD, established the endowed lectureship in honor of Philip Kantoff, MD, and in memory of Sang’s father, Heng-Kang Sang, AM ’46, PhD ’47, who was a patient of Kantoff’s.
Both Daley and Sang spoke at the lecture, which was followed by a community reception in the TMEC atrium.