
Aspen Ideas: Health Closing Session
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Featuring inspiring conversations, the closing session is not to be missed. First, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Jennifer Ashton of ABC News explore the loneliness epidemic and the importance of rebuilding social connection. Next, hear a special performance by cellist Joshua Roman and a conversation between Elizabeth Cohen and Joshua Roman about his Immunity Project aimed at helping others with long covid. To bring down the curtain on Aspen Ideas Health 2024, journalist Sebastian Junger joins surgeon and global health leader Atul Gawande to reflect on confronting mortality and what it means to be human.
Speakers
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Vivek MurthyU.S. Surgeon General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic...
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Atul GawandeAssistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID
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Sebastian JungerAuthor of "In My Time of Dying"
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Jennifer AshtonChief Medical Correspondent at ABC News and Founder and CEO of Ajenda
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Ruth KatzExecutive Director,Health, Medicine, and Society Program, Aspen Instit...
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Elizabeth CohenMedical Journalist
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Joshua RomanCellist, Composer, and Creator of "Immunity" Project
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