Dr James Downs joins Ethics Talk to discuss the underrecognized contributions of marginalized peoples to the origins of epidemiology, and Dr Rae Anne Martinez outlines good uses of race and ethnicity data in epidemiological research.

Modern epidemiological science developed as domestic and international infectious disease transmission accompanied industrialization and colonial military expansion.

Dr H. K. Quinn Valier joins Ethics Talk to discuss their article: “Lessons From the Political History of Epidemiology for Divisive Times.”

Jorie Braunold joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Hospital Design Standards and the AMA.”

Hospital design standards were debated for decades and were ultimately ceded to nurses and architects. This article describes key moments along that trajectory.

Devin Hunt joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Olivia S. Kates: "A Brief History of Antimicrobial Resistance.”

Antibiotics can be compared to other forms of “tragedy of the commons,” whereby a common good (effective treatment of infections) is jeopardized by individual consumption and lack of stewardship.

Dr Christy A. Rentmeester joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Uptown Squirrel Does Not Eat That.”

Marketing can undermine stewardship, and bioethics as a field should pay closer attention to antimicrobial resistance.

Resistance has dogged infectious disease treatment processes since we started using modern antimicrobials.