Hollywood Health & Society presents: A World of Stories – Part 1

Sandra de Castro Buffington, director of the Norman Lear Center’s Hollywood Health & Society program, convened this discussion among top Hollywood writers and keynote speaker Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This Writers Guild of America, West, event offered compelling global health stories from experts in the heart of the action overseas, and featured TV writers who have turned stories on global health topics into top-rated television shows. Roundtable discussion included Neal Baer, MD and executive producer, Law & Order SVU; Peter Blake, writer, House and Larry Barat, MD and MPH, and senior malaria advisor, Presidential Malaria Initiative.