Jay Bhattacharya is one of the world's leading experts on public health policy and is appearing live in the heart of Sydney. He is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and directs the Stanford Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.

His research focuses on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, with a particular emphasis on the role of government programs, biomedical innovation, and economics. Recently, he has evaluated the epidemiology of COVID-19 as well as an evaluation of policy responses to the epidemic, and was co-founder of The Great Barrington Declaration.

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