Satuday, April 2, 2022, 1:00 -5:00 p.m.
The Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood
Los Angeles is best known as the entertainment capital of the world, but it is also an eclectic and vibrant city where art, technology, and culture collide. Not surprisingly, Yale faculty and alumni are at the forefront of innovation and discovery in LA. On Saturday, April 2, please join fellow Yale alums for lunch, two engaging faculty lectures and a reception to explore the influence of the work and research of Yale faculty members Dr. Neal Baer and Professor Lisa Messeri. Make new connections and hear firsthand about their efforts to positively impact the well-being of our community now and in the future. These innovators are dynamic on their own—imagine what we can discover together.
Dr. Neal Baer is an award-winning TV writer and producer, physician, author and public health advocate. He will discuss the intersection of medicine, public health and entertainment along with his role at the Yale School of Public Health and his involvement with Humanities, Arts and Public Health Practice at Yale (HAPPY) — an interdisciplinary initiative focused on health and the humanities, leveraging the rich resources across Yale’s campus.
Professor Lisa Messeri of Yale’s Department of Anthropology is an anthropologist of science and technology. She studies the places where technology and science are produced and how scientists and engineers build new worlds through their research and innovation. She will share her current research in LA, focused on the virtual reality industry, wihch produces some of the technology that is seen as central to the metaverse.
This event is hosted by the Yale Club of LA and Yale Alumni Association, and supported by Yale’s Redpath Faculty Speakers program.
Schedule
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Lunch & Networking hosted by Anita Wu, President of Yale Club of Los Angeles
2:00 p.m. - Lecture with Q & A with Professor Lisa Messeri (Yale Dept. of Anthropology)
3:00 p.m. - Lecture with Q & A with Dr. Neal Baer (Yale School of Public Health)
3:45 p.m. - Faculty Talkback: conversation and Q & A moderated by Nicholas Roman Lewis (’93), Sr. Director, Yale Shared Interest Groups
4:15 p.m. - Networking Reception
