Global Pandemic, Global Scientific Impacts

Host: Dean Trevor Brown, John Glenn College of Public Affairs   Guest: Caroline Wagner, Glenn College associate professor, Milton and Roslyn Wolf Chair in International Affairs 

Brown and Wagner dive into global research activity between the superpowers of science before and during the pandemic. The discussion details how China handled sharing news about the coronavirus outbreak within scientific communities and the resulting changes to global research policy and knowledge sharing. Wagner addresses historic, current and future scientific cooperation as it relates to innovation in areas like immunology, virology and health care. The conversation concludes with several ideas for the U.S. to promote openness and collaboration moving forward.