Public Health Ethics & Wastewater Surveillance by Prof. Kata Chillag, Ph.D.

Applied public health ethics as essential to public health practice and decision-making: Highlights from work on infectious diseases wastewater surveillance 

Presented by Professor Kata Chillag, Ph.D., Hamilton McKay Professor in Biosciences & Human Health; Chair, Department of Public Health, Davidson College. In this informal session, Kata will explore factors shaping key ethical issues in contemporary public health practice, policymaking, and research. Drawing from her career, she will discuss the necessity of "real-world" ethical tools and frameworks tailored to the contexts in which public health work takes place. The talk will highlight her work with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) on ethical issues in infectious disease wastewater disease surveillance, including development of an applied framework and training for U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments, and other public health institutions.