Inamori Ethics Prize Symposium: Addressing Moral Imperatives in Public Health, Locally and Globally
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple-Tifereth Israel at Case Western Reserve University
1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland, Ohio
Moderator
Shannon E. French, PhD
Inamori Professor in Ethics
Director, Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence
Case Western Reserve University
Honoree and Panelist, Dr. Anthony Fauci
Physician, Immunologist, and Infectious Disease Expert
Distinguished Panelists
Amy Acton, MD, is a physician, researcher and community leader who has spent more than 35 years pursuing her passion for public health and wellness. She is in private practice in preventive medicine and global public health.
Whether as director of the Ohio Department of Health during early days of the COVID-19
pandemic, vice president of Human:Kind at the Columbus Foundation or a professor in global public health, Acton has inspired interdisciplinary teams to address some of society’s most challenging issues.
LeVar Burton, multi-award winning actor, director and advocate, is best known to television audiences around the world for his roles in Roots and Star Trek, and for his 23 years as producer and host of the beloved PBS series Reading Rainbow.
Burton's dedication to education has resulted in a variety of projects, including the interactive digital library, Skybrary, and the award-winning 2023 documentary, The Right to Read, which positions America’s literacy crisis as a civil rights issue. Burton was awarded the Inamori Ethics Prize in 2019.
Suzanne M. Rivera, PhD, is the 17th president of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has worked in higher education for nearly 30 years as a leader, instructor, researcher and scholar.
Rivera was previously vice president for research and technology management at Case Western Reserve, and served on faculty for the university’s departments of bioethics and pediatrics, where she led original research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the federal Office of Research Integrity and the Cleveland Foundation.