Lives Radio Show With Stuart Chittenden

Dr. Ali S. Khan is a former Assistant Surgeon General and current Dean of the https://www.unmc.edu/publichealth/ (College of Public Health) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Dr. Khan shares his family's journey from the Himalayan foothills in Kashmir to Brooklyn, NY and the beginnings of his passion for medicine and infectious diseases. We talk about bioterrorism, our failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the role for politicians and public health officials, and why Omaha and UNMC are the place to be! Dr. Khan’s professional career has focused on health security, global health, and emerging infectious diseases. He was a disease detective at https://www.cdc.gov/ (CDC) – the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – and one of the main architects of CDC’s public health bioterrorism preparedness program. As Dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, his focus is on health system and community based health transformations. In 2015 he supported response activities for the West A