David Carter, professor of political science; Matthew Gabel, professor of political science; Jimin Ding, associate professor of mathematics and statistics; and Mark Huffman, professor of medicine at the School of Medicine and co-director of the Global Health Center, lead this cluster focused on trust as an essential component in the effective implementation of public health measures. The team will create new research and learning opportunities with the aim of understanding sources of trust, mistrust, and distrust that affect public health, health care, and health policy. The work will fill an existing gap in understanding how sociostructural, economic, and political sources of low trust can be remedied to improve population health.

About Future Fridays: The Graduate Center is partnering with the Arts & Sciences Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures initiative to host informal lunches where graduate students can connect with faculty leading the initiatives. First Friday Futures will be held on Fridays at noon throughout the spring 2023 and fall 2023 semesters and will be an informal way for faculty teams to speak briefly about their work, and for students to engage in questions and conversation. Full descriptions of each research and teaching cluster and registration forms can be found in the Upcoming Events Section.