Sidore Lecture: Fiona McEnany

Free and Open to the Public

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The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a devastating blow to New Hampshire with more than 200,000 cases, totaling almost 15% of our population. By December 2021, our hospitals— particularly in rural areas— were at, or nearing, capacity. Early in the pandemic, the state experienced job loss at more than twice the rate of the Great Recession and, to date, the state has lost more than 27,000 jobs. New Hampshire continues to address catastrophic losses and stresses to our systems while simultaneously healing and rebuilding. Protracted crises compel us to evaluate current systems, identify challenges, and to return to and improve the rudimentary foundations of societal structures. Fiona will discuss how the intersections of our individual roles as scientists, policymakers, healthcare professionals, and more can create opportunities to reconfigure our systems to increase equity, and how it is our societal responsibility to contribute to equity-driven innovation. 

Named to the New Hampshire Union Leader’s 2021 40 Under Forty as well as to Stay Work Play New Hampshire’s 2021 Young Person of the Year, Fiona McEnany is currently completing doctoral work in microbiology and immunology at Dartmouth College.  She holds a Master of Public Health from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice as well two undergraduate degrees (B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Political Science) from PSU, where she also served as a teaching lecturer. Fiona is the New Leaders Council-NH Alumni Co-Chair, has interned at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in global health policy, and was one of 60 students selected nationally to present scientific research to Congress in 2018.