In 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan changed its municipal water supply source to the Flint River, leading to contamination of the drinking water. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a physician-scientist in Flint, was instrumental in publicly documenting increases in blood lead levels among children, which prompted a federal public health emergency.

Join us to hear Dr. Hanna-Attisha give remarks and engage in discussion about her role in uncovering this crisis and advocating for children in Flint and nationally.

Dr. Hanna-Attisha is the C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and founding director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative. A pediatrician, scientist, activist and author, Dr. Hanna-Attisha was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Century for her role in uncovering the Flint water crisis and leading recovery efforts. Dr. Hanna-Attisha is the author of the New York Times 100 most notable book, What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City.

Dr. Hanna-Attisha is the recipient of this year’s Axelrod Prize in Public Health, an award given by the University at Albany School of Public Health that honors and recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of public health at the intersection of academia and government service at the local, state, or federal level.