Weekend viewing: My Hopkins’ Graduation Address

Photo: Prof. Albert Wu

It was an enormous, overwhelming honor to be invited to give the convocation address to graduates of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

I spent a long time thinking about what I would say to graduates entering the public health workforce at a time like this.

The ceremonies took place outdoors in the university’s stadium on cold, rainy May 21.

Lots of friends and colleagues have asked me if there is a video of the speech.  There is, and it has just been sent to me.

If you are at all interested, you can take a look at:

• The Press release
• A 2-minute summary of the entire event (my excerpt begins at 1:01)
• The complete, nearly 3-hour, ceremony (my convocation address begins at 39:40)
• Text of my speech prepared for the teleprompter

It was also my great honor to receive the Dean’s Medal for Public Health Leadership.  That part begins at 15:20.