Infrastructure of Compassion: Rethinking Public Health in the Fentanyl Era

In recent years, the opioid epidemic and dangers of fentanyl have dominated headlines, resulting in a greater understanding of those who use drugs. Join us for a conversation with two leading voices in the field of epidemiology, Nabarun Dasgupta and Gregg Gonsalves, on their shared experiences in understanding and preventing harms from drug use. Dasgupta and Gonsalves discuss their domestic and international careers in public health, the current overdose epidemic, and delivering care in the midst of the continuing “war on drugs.” Drawing on their experiences working directly with impacted communities, they consider how our current systems fail people who use drugs — and how we can reimagine them to prioritize the people at the center of the drug epidemic.