The goal of Epidemic//Endemic is to bring together thinkers in medicine, the arts, social sciences, and humanities who speak to the critical questions and challenges facing public health and medicine today and engage in questions from a larger audience.

To much of the public, the world of medicine is opaque, incredibly technical, and often inaccessible in terms of receiving care, understanding that care, developing scientific expertise, and the vast array of disciplines necessary to its practice. In turn, the world of medicine and medical care is cut off from much of the day-to -day life of Americans as well as people around the world. With this web series we seek to demystify not only medical knowledge but also the people who practice medicine at the levels of the clinical, public health, and health social sciences and humanities.

While seeking conversations that speak to the promise of modern healthcare and medicine we will also grapple with legacies of medical harm and violence that both shape present day experiences and must be recognized in the pursuit of better healthcare provision. We aim to make medicine, and experiences with health, more accessible and challenge the false narratives about health and medicine which are currently deeply affecting perceptions of health care especially in light of ongoing pandemics and global health crises.