The Virus of Racism: Understanding Its Threats and Mobilizing Defenses

David Williams is the Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. An internationally recognized authority on social influences on health, he has been invited to keynote scientific conferences in Europe, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, South America, the Caribbean and across the United States. Williams will present “The Virus of Racism: Understanding Its Threats and Mobilizing Defenses” — a discussion of racism, the multiple ways it operates in society, and its profound consequences on health.