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CIHF: Healthy Futures - Transforming Our Lives Through COVID-19’s Lessons
June 24, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Event overview
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every aspect of our lives: how we work, socialize, provide healthcare, take care of society’s most vulnerable and disenfranchised — even our rituals of death and mourning. But do we really want to “go back to normal?” Or is it time to create a healthier, more equitable future?
Join the thought leaders from the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) to explore how life will change in response to the pandemic along with suggestions for transforming the challenging experiences of the past year into positive lessons. This session will highlight key takeaways from a new collaborative CIHF white paper focusing on COVID-19’s lasting impacts on healthy work, healthcare and hospitality environments; food access; and the senior living experience.
What you’ll learn
Why social equity is a necessary guiding principle for healthy futures
Trends in telework and legislation that impact healthy employee outcomes
How specific changes in the built environments of healthcare and hospitality facilities can improve social and community activities
Innovations in food systems to address food insecurity and social justice issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
Ways providers can enhance socialization and other important aspects of the senior living experience
Speakers
Brooke Hollis
Associate Director; Co-Founder and Executive Director Emeritus
Sloan Program in Health Administration, Cornell College of Human Ecology; Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures
Heather Kolakowski
Lecturer, Food and Beverage Management
Cornell School of Hotel Administration
Mardelle Shepley
Professor
Cornell College of Human Ecology
Nicolas Ziebarth
Associate Professor of Policy Analysis and Management; Associate Director
Sloan Program in Health Administration, Cornell College of Human Ecology; Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures