Joshua Sharfstein
Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Joshua Sharfstein
Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Sharfstein is Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, and Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management. Previously, he served as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as Commissioner of Health for Baltimore City, and as health policy advisor for Congressman Henry A. Waxman. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Public Administration.
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Deep Dive Episode 209 – Who Should Decide Whether Drugs Are Available Over-The-Counter or by Prescription?
Michael Cannon, Joshua Sharfstein, and moderator Dan Troy debated who should decide which drugs require prescriptions.
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Who Should Decide Whether Drugs Are Available Over-The-Counter or by Prescription?
Michael Cannon, Joshua Sharfstein, and moderator Dan Troy debated who should decide which drugs require prescriptions.
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Deep Dive Episode 136 – It Can Be Done Live: The Future of Our Health
An expert panel explores the potential of human ingenuity to solve the problems facing our health and the conditions necessary to make those solutions a reality.
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It Can Be Done Live: The Future of Our Health
The creators of the award-winning documentary, They Say It Can’t Be Done, in partnership with the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project, present It Can Be Done Live – a conversation between entrepreneurs, regulatory experts, and noted academics around creative and bipartisan solutions to global challenges to our shared future. The second of four panel events, It Can Be Done Live: The Future of Our Health, took place on September 17th, 2020.
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