The Politics of the Pandemic: Dr. Kavita Patel and Dr. Janice Blanchard with James Hohmann - The 92nd Street Y, New York
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The Politics of the Pandemic: Dr. Kavita Patel and Dr. Janice Blanchard with James Hohmann

Introduction by Richard Salomon

Jun 7, 2020


The pandemic has exposed a number of severe vulnerabilities in our public health infrastructure and ability to prevent and manage the effects on Americans’ lives. Listen to an honest conversation of what we know about COVID-19; where the federal and local response has fallen short; and the disproportionate impact on communities of color. James Hohmann, award winning columnist of The Daily 202 from The Washington Post, has written cutting-edge analyses on COVID-19 including recent reporting around misinformation from the CDC, and the implications for the year ahead. Dr. Janice Blanchard is on the Faculty of The School of Medicine at George Washington University and has been on the frontlines in communicating issues of Covid 19 and its impact on communities of color. Dr. Kavita Patel has worked at the intersection of clinical medicine, public health and government and is currently working with employers and local governments to understand how to safely reopen the country while also trying to process the latest medical breakthroughs as a NBC medical contributor. She served in the Obama Administration as director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the White House.

Kavita Patel

Kavita Patel

Kavita Patel is a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution …

Kavita Patel

Kavita Patel

Kavita Patel is a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Previously, she was the managing director of clinical transformation at the Center for Health Policy at Brookings.

Dr. Patel is a primary care physician in Washington, DC. She also served in the Obama Administration as director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the White House. As a senior aide to Valerie Jarrett, President Obama’s senior advisor, Dr. Patel played a critical role in policy development and evaluation of policy initiatives connected to health reform, financial regulatory reform, and economic recovery issues.

Dr. Patel also has a deep understanding of Capitol Hill from her time spent on the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s staff. As deputy staff director on health, she served as a policy analyst and trusted aide to the Senator and was part of the senior staff of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee under Sen. Kennedy’s leadership. She also has an extensive research and clinical background, having worked as a researcher at the RAND Corporation and as a practicing physician in both California and Oregon. She currently advises health care technology and services organizations through New Enterprise Associates.

Dr. Patel a previous Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, and while at Brookings, returned to providing clinical care as an internal medicine practitioner. She earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center and her masters in public health from the University of California Los Angeles.

James Hohmann

James Hohmann

James Hohmann is a national political correspondent for The Washington Post. He is the author of The Daily 202 …

James Hohmann

James Hohmann

James Hohmann is a national political correspondent for The Washington Post. He is the author of The Daily 202, The Post’s flagship political newsletter, and the voice of its affiliated Big Idea audio briefing. Hohmann covered local news for The Post in the aughts and returned in 2015 after six years at Politico. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and San Jose Mercury News. A historian by training, Hohmann grew up in Apple Valley, Minn., and graduated with honors from Stanford University.

Janice Blanchard

Janice Blanchard

Janice Blanchard MD PhD is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine …

Janice Blanchard

Janice Blanchard

Janice Blanchard MD PhD is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Originally from the South side of Chicago, where her family still resides, she completed her MD from Harvard Medical School and her PhD in health services research from the RAND Graduate School. She is a mixed methods health services researcher and has worked on a number of projects related to racial disparities in medicine. In addition to her research work, she continues to practice clinical medicine in the emergency department in Washington DC, where over 75% of deaths from COVID-19 have occurred among Blacks.


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